# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at The Giant Company
> OSHA SIR `2024054671` · 5/28/2024 · MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Cardboard
- **Secondary source:** Frying and pressurized cooking equipment, appliances
## Employer
- **Name:** The Giant Company
- **Location:** 450 E. Main St., MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17057
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a piece of cardboard in the bakery department when she lost her balance. While trying to brace her fall, both her hands went into the hot oil in a donut fryer. She sustained burns to both hands up to the wrists and was hospitalized.

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