# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at US Aluminum Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025087795` · 8/7/2025 · WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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