Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221440555

NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Lathe, Machine operator
NAICS
333132
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345803282
Employer profile
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO
Summary number
221440555
Report ID
0626600

Event description

Employee's finger is surgically amputated after being caught

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 a.m. on February 16, 2022, an employee was loading a piece of ram shaft onto a CNC lathe machine, Mori Seiki model # SL403B/2000 and serial # SL400FG0742. While loading, he was using his left hand to hold the tailstock. The button was pushed to tighten the tailstock and the employee's thumb and index finger were caught between the piece of ram shaft and tailstock. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgical amputation of his left index finger.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 52 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    637

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