# Amputations at National Oilwell Varco
> OSHA SIR `2015063582` · 6/11/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
## Employer
- **Name:** National Oilwell Varco
- **Location:** 12950 West Little York, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered an amputation to the 3rd and 4th fingertips on his left hand. He was operating a jib crane to raise the door of a blowout preventer when an approximately 150 piston slid out of it striking his hand.

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