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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 aircraft Mechanic 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
790 Heritage Way
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
8

Removing a stand from under the aircraft wing.

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.

Unspecified lower back pain

unknown

Unspecified lower back pain.

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
Avg employees
563
Total hours worked
1040135
EIN
841056824
Establishment ID
1080912
Employer case #
10216084
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:30:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:22:05:00

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.