# Cuts, lacerations at NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO
> OSHA SIR `2015063896` · 6/19/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO
- **Location:** 12950 WEST LITTLE YORK ROAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for a forklift driver who was moving a crate. The forklift hit a stack of crates, which shifted and caused a second crate to fall on the employee, cutting him on the head.

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