# Amputations at IFS Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043925` · 4/17/2019 · GARLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** IFS Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 2222 Lonnecker Dr., GARLAND, TEXAS, 75041
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee using an air nozzle to blow out a grinder sustained a finger amputation when the grinder energized and the shredding wheel pulled the air nozzle and the employee's hand toward the wheel.

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