# Thermal burns  second degree at Ascend Performance Materials, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032480` · 3/15/2025 · CANTONMENT, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Pumps  except oil well
## Employer
- **Name:** Ascend Performance Materials, Inc.
- **Location:** 3000 Old Chemstrand Rd, CANTONMENT, FLORIDA, 32533
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were removing a recirculation pump from service at an evaporator. They were disconnecting pump flanges and couplings from the motor when boiling water burst out from the system. Both employees sustained second-degree burns to the chest, stomach, and arms.

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