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OSHA Injury Report: West Star Aviation

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at West Star Aviation in 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).

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Removing debris from a hole using a dremel tool.

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)

Foreign Body in left eye.

The debris removed from the hole directly harmed the employee as it entered his eye.

Foreign Body in left eye.

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
Avg employees
563
Total hours worked
1040135
EIN
841056824
Establishment ID
1080912
Employer case #
10184604
Date of incident
Shift started
5:30:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:18:20:00

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.