# Amputations at Aleris Rolled Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054350` · 5/12/2017 · UHRICHSVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **2 amputations, 2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Aleris Rolled Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 7319 Newport Road SE, UHRICHSVILLE, OHIO, 44683
- **NAICS:** 331315
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 12, 2017, at 9:25 AM, an employee was operating a forklift to pick up a skid with two coils. As he backed up, the skid slid off of the forks. When the skid holding the material slid off the fork, it struck two employees. The first employee suffered a lower left leg amputation, while the second employee suffered a lower right leg amputation.

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