# Amputations at IFS Coatings Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010655` · 1/25/2021 · GAINESVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** IFS Coatings Inc.
- **Location:** 3601 N. I 35, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, 76240
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was investigating an issue with one of the bag houses. While moving powder away from the flip flop valve (air lock), the air lock opened and the flip flop valve closed and amputated a fingertip.

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