# Amputations at National Oilwell Varco
> OSHA SIR `20171211428` · 12/1/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** National Oilwell Varco
- **Location:** 8018 Breen Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77064
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning pipe rollers next to a pipe threading machine when his hand was caught between a pipe and the rollers, amputating his right middle fingertip.

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