# Crushing injuries at IFS Coatings Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098942` · 9/27/2023 · GAINESVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Other special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** IFS Coatings Inc.
- **Location:** 3601 N. I 35, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, 76240
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As employee was clearing a jam in a belt system when their right  hand was caught in the part that breaks up the brittle paint into smaller chips and crushed.

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