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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.

Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., 3801 South Oliver, WICHITA, KANSAS 67210 on — Fractures, affecting the upper arm(s).

An employee was walking into work through a doorway when she tripped on the door sill and fell to the floor, fracturing her humerus.

Hospitalized Upper arm(s) Floor irregularity

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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U.S. Postal Service

An employee was walking to a customer's door to deliver a package when they tripped on uneven pavement and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a hip fracture.

Nordstrom

An employee was leaving work for the day when he tripped over mulch and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

4M Building Solutions

An employee was walking on the sidewalk toward the front entrance of the building to start her work shift. She tripped over uneven pavement and fell onto the concrete sidewalk. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip and a sprained left knee.

Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity

An employee was leaving for lunch. The wheel of her knee scooter struck a divot in the floor which caused her to fall into a metal rack. The employee sustained a broken right shoulder.

Texas Health Resources

An employee was walking back to the building after her lunch break when she stepped on a crack near the entrance. The employee fell and sustained a right femur fracture.

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.