# Fractures at SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171211726` · 12/11/2017 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 3801 S. OLIVER ST., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67210
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an auto fastening machine when the machine failed to complete a tool change. The employee was attempting to troubleshoot the problem when the sensor cleared and the machine cycled, catching, fracturing, and puncturing the employee's right hand. The machine was not in stop mode at the time of the incident.

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