Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at US Aluminum Inc
Start: 8/7/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025087795 · 8/7/2025 · US Aluminum Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level unspecified
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary source: Other constructed surface

Employer

Name: US Aluminum Inc
Location: 4300 N 124th St, WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN, 53222
NAICS: 331315
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just fixed a loose aluminum coil on a rack while raised about 11 feet into the air on a forklift. While he was being lowered, he fell from the forks to the floor, suffering two fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured cervical vertebra. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown