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 aircraft Sheet Metal Tech II 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
- 2858 Aviators Way
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was in the process of squeezing [REDACTED] on the aircraft.
What happened
While holding a pneumatic rivet squeezer in his left hand he was moving so another employee could move an extension cord. When the employee pulled the extension cord it activated the tool in the injured employees hand and because he was holding it in the area where the tool squeezes it smashed his finger.
Injury or illness
Laceration to left index finger without damage to nail requiring sutures
Object or substance involved
Rivet squeezer
Summary line
Laceration to left index finger without damage to nail requiring sutures as a result of his finger being crushed in a rivet squeezer.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Aircraft Sheet Metal Tech II
- SOC code
- 47-2211: Sheet Metal Workers
- 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 #
- 10202539
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- 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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