# Amputations at Kaiser Aluminum & Fabricated Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016065454` · 6/20/2016 · SHERMAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kaiser Aluminum & Fabricated Products, LLC
- **Location:** 4300 South Us Highway 75, SHERMAN, TEXAS, 75090
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to adjust the billet loading sensors when the billet loader actuated forward approximately 5 feet, catching the employee between the billet loader and the extrusion press. The loader struck the employee in his lower left leg, resulting in an amputation to his left leg below the knee area.

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