# Fractures at TECT HYPERVELOCITY INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020021502` · 2/14/2020 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** TECT HYPERVELOCITY INC.
- **Location:** 5545 N Mill Heights Dr., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67219
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a tool-changer on a horizontal mill. The tool changer cycled while the employee was inside the machine, striking the employee in the chest. The employee suffered a fractured sternum, two fractured ribs, and small fractures to two bones on the spine. The employee was hospitalized.

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