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OSHA Injury Report: West Star Aviation

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at West Star Aviation in 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).

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
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
25

Employee was sanding the bottom of an aircraft wing.

While laying on a floor creeper sanding the bottom of an aircraft wing he repositioned the creeper and felt a pop in his lower back.

Unspecified lower back pain

Unknown

Unspecified lower back pain.

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 #
10211060
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:00:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:21:59:00

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.