# Edema (including dropsy) at Stericycle, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111019` · 11/16/2017 · HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Edema (including dropsy)
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Fire extinguishers
## Employer
- **Name:** Stericycle, Inc.
- **Location:** 2869 Sandstone Dr., HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 19440
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove the valve from a fire extinguisher that he thought was empty in the waste processing cell. The fire extinguisher still had pressure, which caused it to launch across the floor and hit another employee's chest.

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