# Bruises, contusions at Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098182` · 9/15/2022 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.
- **Location:** 3801 South Oliver, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67210
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the upper area of an aircraft fuselage with a pneumatic vacuum. When the employee stepped on the corner of a floorboard, it tipped, causing the employee to lose his balance and fall on the same level. He suffered a contusion to the left-side ribs.

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