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OSHA Injury Report: RECARO Aircraft Seating Americas, LLC

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at RECARO Aircraft Seating Americas, LLC in Fort Worth, TX 76177 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production Assembler in aircraft seats manufacturing.

Establishment
RECARO Aircraft Seating Americas, LLC
Parent company
RECARO Aircraft Seating Americas, LLC
Street
2275 Eagle Parkway
City
Fort Worth
State
TX
ZIP
76177
On-site location
Production Line 6 station 6
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
6
Days restricted or transferred
45

Employee was using Makita [REDACTED] to tighten the seat back to the seat. After the hammer drill was used the employee had to use a long socket wrench to torque the bolt at 35NM.

Employee was twisting pushing torque hand tool down to tighten bolt and felt pinch in his right elbow

Right elbow sprain

Socket wrench Torque Hand tool

Right Elbow Sprain from use of Makita cordless Drill

Job description
Production Assembler
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
336360 — Aircraft seats manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
372
Total hours worked
897334
EIN
981399236
Establishment ID
409149
Employer case #
18
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:15:40:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.