Grand Junction, CO ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Star Aviation
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at West Star Aviation in 790 Heritage Way, Grand Junction, CO 81506 resulted in days away from work. Employee was paint Tech I 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
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 15
Before the incident
Employee was sanding an aircraft and attempted to blow off the dust using the air by-pass on the palm [REDACTED].
What happened
Employee was using his air powered palm sander incorrectly and the self adhesive sanding disk cut his right hand.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the webbing between his right thumb and index finger.
Object or substance involved
The sanding disk on a pneumatic sander.
Summary line
Laceration to the webbing between his right thumb and index finger caused by the adhesive sand paper on a pneumatic sander.
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 563
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,040,135
- EIN
- 841056824
- Establishment ID
- 1080912
- Employer case #
- 10191091
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 07:00
- 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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