# Concussions at Mahaney
> OSHA SIR `2025088604` · 8/28/2025 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached
## Employer
- **Name:** Mahaney
- **Location:** Spirit Aerospace, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67219
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a boom lift about 10 feet in the air, traveling backward. The back of his head struck a metal beam, knocking him unconscious. He fell forward, made contact with the controls, and was lifted another foot or two and then wedged between a steel beam and the lift. He suffered a concussion and a broken jaw and was hospitalized.

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