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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 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)

Employee was moving the chalks at the base of the wheels on the aircraft.

Employee went to move the chalks on the wheel of the aircraft and as he went to get up off the floor he hit his head on the corner of the right hand gear door.

Head contusion requiring stitches.

Aircraft gear door.

Head contusion requiring stitches as a result of hitting his head on the gear door of the aircraft.

Job description
Paint Tech
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 #
10196378
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:30:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:21:14:00

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.