# Amputations at FLOWSERVE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017032868` · 3/30/2017 · SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** FLOWSERVE CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1511 JEFFERSON STREET EAST, SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, 75482
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a test on a valve, located on a trolley system. The valve is hydrostatically tested. The valve fell off the trolley system and landed on the employee, resulting in amputation of the employee's index and ring fingers.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*