# Fractures at Spirit Aerosystems Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181010927` · 10/23/2018 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Spirit Aerosystems Inc
- **Location:** 3801 S Oliver St, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67210
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting a machine's lower level. As he stepped up, he fell 1.5 feet backwards from the second riser to the floor, suffering bilateral fractures to the wrist and a head contusion. He was hospitalized.

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