# Cuts, lacerations at Mid America Steel Drum Properties, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015053252` · 5/28/2015 · OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid America Steel Drum Properties, LLC
- **Location:** 8570 S. Chicago Road, OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN, 53154
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck in the leg by a falling cover to a 55 gallon drum while working in the cover painting area. The employee received a laceration. Later, the employee was hospitalized when the laceration became infected.

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