# Thermal burns  second degree at Russell Standard Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024054682` · 5/29/2024 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Asphalt, tar  unmolded
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Russell Standard Corporation
- **Location:** Russell Standard-Reading Plant, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19605
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing an asphalt pump basket strainer when hot asphalt released onto their hands. Both employees sustained second degree burns on their hands and were hospitalized.

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