Severe Workplace Injuries in Wichita, Kansas

Nov 18, 2025 · Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was kicking a garbage bag when they slipped and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a broken leg.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 10, 2025 · Smithfield Foods, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning floors in a blast freezer when they slipped on ice and fell, suffering a broken left femur. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Thigh(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 17, 2025 · Mill Creek Lumber & Supply Co Hospitalized

An employee was walking down the off ramp from a box truck, carrying a door for delivery. A strong wind caught the door, causing the employee to lose balance and fall about 2 to 3 feet to the ground. He landed on his back and suffered a broken vertebra.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Wholesale trade

Oct 7, 2025 · Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Company LLC Hospitalized

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. While standing beside the equipment, the pallet jack lurched forward, pinning the employee's leg against racking. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle.

Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Ankle(s) · Wholesale trade

Oct 5, 2025 · Spirit Aerosystems, Inc Amputation

A metal tooling base was being moved by a forklift when the load shifted. An employee who was assisting went to stabilize the load and prevent it from sliding off the forks. The C-channel of the base crushed the employee's left hand against the concrete ground, resulting in the amputation of their third and fourth fingers.

Struck by suspended or swinging objects (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1860710

Sep 29, 2025 · Spirit Aerosystems Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was working on a tool platform (47.5" tall) and was transitioning around to the other side when they lost balance and fell to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to seven ribs and their elbow.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Trunk and other upper extremities · Manufacturing

Sep 23, 2025 · White Star Machinery Hospitalized

An employee was climbing up a fixed ladder alongside a building to inspect a roof leak. The employee fell off the ladder and landed on the ground about 15 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both wrists.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 16, 2025 · FACC Solutions, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was shaking a winglet to remove foreign object debris (FOD) after skin installation and injured his left shoulder.

Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Manufacturing

Sep 15, 2025 · Lift Solutions Inc. Hospitalized

Two employees were working on a forklift with its mast in the air when a chain came loose and the carriage fell down on them. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle, a laceration on the left side of their forehead, and a fractured L1 vertebra.

Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Trunk and other lower extremities · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1851492

Sep 2, 2025 · JC Residential and Light Commercial LLC Hospitalized

An employee was working to remove an access panel to begin performing maintenance on a machine. The set pins on the bottom of the panel were broken. The bottom kicked out and fell, striking the employee's left foot and resulting in a fracture to the big toe.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 30, 2025 · Dold Foods LLC Hospitalized

An employee was reaching under a conveyor when her hand was pulled between the conveyor belt and a plastic block. The employee suffered a fracture and tendon damage. The conveyor was not locked out at the time.

Struck by running powered equipment · Hand(s), finger(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1847865

Aug 28, 2025 · Mahaney Hospitalized

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.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Brain · Construction

Aug 18, 2025 · Textron Aviation Inc Hospitalized

An employee was preparing the wing of an aircraft for stripping work and was standing on a four-foot step stand. As the employee was walking on the top platform of the stand, they stepped off the end of the stand and fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their left elbow and left hip.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1845891

Jul 31, 2025 · Medicalodges of Wichita Hospitalized

An employee entered a resident's room at 8:13 p.m., and was passing medication to the patient when they slipped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a knee injury that required surgery.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Knee(s) · Health care and social assistance

Jul 20, 2025 · Smithfield Foods Amputation

An employee was tearing down a sausage-linking machine as part of a weekly pipe clean out. As the meat piled up on the machine, he went to clean the meat off the top of the machine. The metering gears contacted his left index finger, resulting in a soft tissue fingertip amputation.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1839460

Jul 12, 2025 · ASM Global LLC Hospitalized

An employee was moving a ticketing scanner cart back to the box office when they tripped and fell forward, striking the left side of their head on the base of a refrigerator. The employee had pain in their left knee, shin, arm, and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Brain · Arts, entertainment and recreation

Jul 11, 2025 · Cox Machine Inc - Wichita Division Amputation

An employee had utilized a forklift to move a metal recycling bin into position to empty the bin. The employee exited the forklift to empty the chips manually. The employee pushed the lever on the bin to dump the chips and their finger got pinched between the bin and the forklift. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated without loss of bone.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 8, 2025 · Heartstone Inc Amputation

An employee was at the jobsite preparing to help with the use of a new rock clamp that is operated by machine but guided into place by hand on the ground. The employee reached and gripped the bottom of the clamp to move it. Linkage activated that crushed his left middle fingertip resulting in an amputation.

Contact incidents · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1837765

Jun 24, 2025 · Fortrex Hospitalized

An employee was inspecting equipment. The employee's left hand became caught in a conveyor and they were hospitalized with a hand injury.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Hand(s), finger(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1834329

Jun 20, 2025 · Arcane Industries Amputation

The injured employee was feeding material on a designated press machine when a piece of material got stuck. A technician came to remove the material and ensure the machine was functioning properly. The technician's work involved unhooking the airline off and on. The injured employee's right index finger was caught by the insert device on the press machine and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1833043

Jun 20, 2025 · Smithfield Foods, Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating a packaging machine and went to unjam some plastic. Her left hand contacted the cutting blades resulting in a partial amputation to the middle fingertip.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1833956

May 28, 2025 · Walton's Window Wonders LLC Hospitalized

An employee was on a ladder while cleaning a window. The employee fell approximately 8-10 feet from the ladder. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both elbows, a wrist, and a hip as well as a dislocated elbow.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Arts, entertainment and recreation

Feb 20, 2025 · Walmart Store 5990 Hospitalized

An employee was entering into the dairy cooler through the bakery production room. The employee tripped over a pallet of freight and plastic wrap and fell on the floor, resulting in a broken leg and dislocated hip. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip(s) and leg(s) · Retail

Feb 4, 2025 · INTRUST Bank Arena Hospitalized

On February 4, 2025, an employee was emptying a half-full wet vacuum machine when they rotated with the machine and sustained two bulging discs in their back. The employee was hospitalized.

Overexertion while wielding, manipulating tools, object(s) · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Arts, entertainment and recreation

Feb 3, 2025 · Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. Amputation

An employee was working inside the access panel of a sliding door when the door began to shut. The employee's left middle finger was pulled into the chain and sprocket, resulting in amputation to the middle knuckle.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1802669

Jan 13, 2025 · SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC. Amputation

An employee was installing a rail on a machine. The roller pack was locked up, causing the chuck to not move. While manually removing the chuck, the rails were damaged. As a result, both the roller pack and the rail needed to be replaced. A fixed magnet from above the rail pulled the rail up and rolled it, pinching the employee's thumb between the rail and the magnet when he tried to install the new rail back to the position. The right thumb tip was amputated.

Contact incidents · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1797932

Jan 8, 2025 · Bulk Transport Company East, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was in a parking lot and performing a pre-trip inspection of his work truck when he slipped on ice and fell. His head struck the concrete and was lacerated, and he suffered a brain bleed.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Brain · Transportation and warehousing

Jan 6, 2025 · Diversified Services Incorporated Hospitalized

An employee was walking on an accessway between two buildings when they slipped on ice and hit their head on the pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Head · Transportation and warehousing

Nov 5, 2024 · CASE NEW HOLLAND INDUSTRY, LLC. Hospitalized

The injured employee was walking and cycle counting motors while another employee was using a forklift to stack additional motors. The forklift knocked a stack of motors over and one 4-cylinder diesel motor struck the injured employee in the head. The employee sustained a head injury.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Head · Manufacturing

Oct 31, 2024 · Harper Trucks, Inc. Amputation

A tooling technician was changing a drill on a drill machine. As he reached into the machine to begin the process, the slide was activated, causing an amputation to his left middle fingertip just before the first joint.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1787412