# Fractures at Textron Aviation
> OSHA SIR `2021065213` · 6/26/2021 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Protective equipment, except clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Textron Aviation
- **Location:** 5800 E. Pawnee, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67218
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to remove product from an 800-ton skin stretch. The employee lost his footing and fell approximately 15 feet from a platform into a safety net in the pit under the stretch operating area. The employee sustained a fracture to the C-7 vertebra.

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