# Fractures at Aleris, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097937` · 9/15/2021 · ASHVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Aleris, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Reynolds Road, ASHVILLE, OHIO, 43103
- **NAICS:** 331318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to rotate a wooden pallet, which contained three aluminum coils weighing about 1,200 pounds. While trying to reposition the pallet, the employee fell backward onto the concrete floor. The employee sustained a vertebra fracture.

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