# Amputations at National Oilwell Varco
> OSHA SIR `2017098903` · 9/17/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** National Oilwell Varco
- **Location:** 8036 Sheldon, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77049
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stenciling pipe when he dropped the stencil. As he was picking up the stencil, he placed his left hand on the pipe rack and a pipe moved, catching his left ring finger between the pin stop and housing. The employee sustained a partial left ring finger amputation.

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