# Fractures at US Ecology Sulligent, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021042987` · 4/9/2021 · SULLIGENT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
- **Secondary source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** US Ecology Sulligent, Inc
- **Location:** 51328 AL-17, SULLIGENT, ALABAMA, 35586
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 30-gallon poly drum containing a halon fire extinguisher. He opened the container to verify its contents. Once he unlatched the drum ring, the lid flew off of the drum and struck the left side of his face. He suffered a fracture to the left eyebrow and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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