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OSHA Injury Report: West Star Aviation / Alton

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at West Star Aviation / Alton in 2 Airline Court, East Alton, IL 62024 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was aircraft Tech III in aircraft maintenance and repair services (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding).

Where did this happen?

Establishment
West Star Aviation / Alton
Parent company
West Star Aviation
Street
2 Airline Court
City
East Alton
State
IL
ZIP
62024
On-site location
Hangar 64

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Walking across the hangar

What happened

Walked under an aircraft and struck his head on a flap track

Injury or illness

Laceration

Object or substance involved

Flap Track

Summary line

Struck head and received laceration

Employee and industry

Job description
Aircraft Tech III
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
677
Total hours worked
1219344
EIN
371203944
Establishment ID
99284
Employer case #
8

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
28FEB24:15:26:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.