# Fractures at National Oilwell Varco
> OSHA SIR `2024076522` · 7/17/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object tipping over
- **Source:** Gripping and turning handtools  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** National Oilwell Varco
- **Location:** 12000 W Little York Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77091
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was relocating rigging and the rigging chains did not clear a piston puller. The piston puller was caught in the rigging and pulled over. It tipped over and landed on his left ankle, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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