Amputations

Name: Amputations at IFS Coatings Inc.
Start: 1/25/2021

1 amputation · 2021010655 · 1/25/2021 · IFS Coatings Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
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.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown