Grand Junction, CO ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Star Aviation
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at West Star Aviation in 790 Heritage Way, Grand Junction, CO 81506 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was interior Tech in aircraft maintenance and repair services (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Star Aviation
- Parent company
- West Star Aviation
- Street
- 790 Heritage Way
- City
- Grand Junction
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 81506
- On-site location
- 796 Heritage Way
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Removing debris from a hole using a dremel tool.
What happened
Debris removed from a hole on an aircraft component lodged in his left eye as he removed the debris with a high speed rotory tool (Dremel)
Injury or illness
Foreign Body in left eye.
Object or substance involved
The debris removed from the hole directly harmed the employee as it entered his eye.
Summary line
Foreign Body in left eye.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Interior Tech
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 488190: Aircraft maintenance and repair services (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 563
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,040,135
- EIN
- 841056824
- Establishment ID
- 1080912
- Employer case #
- 10184604
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-23
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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