105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC., 3801 S. OLIVER ST., WICHITA, KANSAS 67210 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple trunk locations.

An employee was working under the rig load of an overhead cab crane when the load/sling shifted, came off, and crushed the employee. The employee was hospitalized with chest and abdominal injuries.

Hospitalized Multiple trunk locations Nonclassifiable

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc

A metal tooling base was being moved by a forklift when the load shifted. An employee who was assisting went to stabilize the load and prevent it from sliding off the forks. The C-channel of the base crushed the employee's left hand against the concrete ground, resulting in the amputation of their third and fourth fingers.

Spirit Aerosystems Inc.

An employee was working on a tool platform (47.5" tall) and was transitioning around to the other side when they lost balance and fell to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to seven ribs and their elbow.

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.

An employee was working inside the access panel of a sliding door when the door began to shut. The employee's left middle finger was pulled into the chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation to the middle knuckle.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.

An employee was installing a rail on a machine. The roller pack was locked up, causing the chuck to not move. While manually removing the chuck, the rails were damaged. As a result, both the roller pack and the rail needed to be replaced. A fixed magnet from above the rail pulled the rail up and rolled it, pinching the employee's thumb between the rail and the magnet when he tried to install the new rail back to the position. The right thumb tip was amputated.

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.

An employee was walking in the shop area, tripped on a work platform, and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured femur.

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Star Pipe Products LTD

An employee was using a crane. The hook slipped and a fitting fell onto a finger on the employee's left hand causing a fracture and laceration.

KP Building Products, Inc.

An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.

BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC.

An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.

International Steel and Counterweights LLC

An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.

Seneca Mechanical, LLC

An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that required surgery.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

An employee was walking from one building to another when he slipped on wet concrete and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and dislocation of the right patella.

Ralmark Company

An employee was operating a mechanical press and amputated their left index fingertip. The press was not locked out/tagged out.

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.

An employee was working inside the access panel of a sliding door when the door began to shut. The employee's left middle finger was pulled into the chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation to the middle knuckle.

Woodward MPC, Inc.

An employee tripped over wire moldings and fell, sustaining a fractured left leg.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.

An employee was installing a rail on a machine. The roller pack was locked up, causing the chuck to not move. While manually removing the chuck, the rails were damaged. As a result, both the roller pack and the rail needed to be replaced. A fixed magnet from above the rail pulled the rail up and rolled it, pinching the employee's thumb between the rail and the magnet when he tried to install the new rail back to the position. The right thumb tip was amputated.

Omya Inc.

An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.

John Deere Coffeyville Works

An employee was moving a rack onto a lower conveyor in the south heat treat area when their finger got caught between the part tray and the rollers, resulting in a fingertip fracture and amputation.

Haven Steel Products Inc

An employee was climbing a ladder to get on top of the breakroom. The ladder slipped, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his upper back, left foot, and ankle.

Vestas-American Wind Tech

Two employees were removing a circuit breaker. The injured employee was using wrenches in the removal process. One of the wrenches contacted an adjacent door, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to their neck, face, and ear, as well as momentary vision loss due to the flash.

Alliance Ag and Grain LLC

An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.