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 aircraft Mechanic 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
- 790 Heritage Way
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 8
Before the incident
Removing a stand from under the aircraft wing.
What happened
Employee was sitting on a seat creeper while moving a stand out from under the wing of the aircraft and felt pain in the lower left side of his back. The employee was sitting on the seat creeper because the aircraft wing had a low clearance.
Injury or illness
Unspecified lower back pain
Object or substance involved
unknown
Summary line
Unspecified lower back pain.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Aircraft Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-3011: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
- 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 #
- 10216084
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- 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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