# Amputations at National Oilwell Varco
> OSHA SIR `2015096329` · 9/1/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Impact wrenches-powered
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** National Oilwell Varco
- **Location:** 9616 Telge Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77095
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling testing equipment. The employee's left index finger got caught between a nut and an impact wrench and was amputated to the knuckle.

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