# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Landis C Deck & Sons
> OSHA SIR `20171010222` · 10/25/2017 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified
- **Source:** Street, road, driveway, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Landis C Deck & Sons
- **Location:** Route 61, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sealing highway asphalt when he tripped, fell, and dropped a hot asphalt sealer can. The hot asphalt spilled on and burned his left hand, requiring hospitalization.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*