# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2025077058` · 7/20/2025 · GONZALES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
- **Location:** H&P 505, GONZALES, TEXAS, 78629
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sledgehammer at a drilling location. The employee's finger was crushed between the hammer handle and a pad eye. The employee was transported to the hospital and the tip of their left index finger was medically amputated.

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