Incident date: 2024-12-03
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was filling gaps in new asphalt on a bridge when a vehicle entered the closed lane and struck the rear passenger side of the dump truck that the employee was standing on. This caused the employee to be splashed with hot AC-20 asphalt, resulting in burns to his hands, face, and right eye. He also fell approximately 4 feet from the back of the truck to the ground.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Roadway collision with other vehicle(s)  unspecified
code_source: title: Dump trucks
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate