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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 paint Tech I 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
804 Heritage Way
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Removing paint from an aircraft using a razor blade.

Razor blade slipped and cut employees left palm. While employee was washing the blood off his hand he became dizzy and attempted to sit down and then he passed out and struck his head on the concrete floor.

Laceration to right thumb requiring a single stitch.

Razor blade

Laceration to right thumb requiring a single stitch due to a razor blade.

Job description
Paint Tech I
SOC code
51-9124 — Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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 #
10191088
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:30:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:20:36:00

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.