Hazard Alert

Second Degree Burn

Injury Type: Second degree burn
Core Activity: Concrete suppy
Location: Winnipeg
ID Number: 271
Date of Incident: June 2010
Sector: Construction

Details

A worker had been operating an asphalt truck. When the worker took the dust cap off the asphalt trailer, the product started to come out of the cap. All 20,000 L emptied from the trailer. The worker received second degree burns to the left wrist and forearm.

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