Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at National Oilwell Varco, 9475 FM 1227 Miller Industrial Park, NAVASOTA, TEXAS 77868
on , Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Employees were loading pipe into an inclined pipe rack that is used to move pipe into a machine. The pipe is set on the rack and rolls down to a pipe stop at the end of the rack that is supposed to slow the pipe down before it rolls into the machine. The pipe stop was in the down position when employees loaded the rack so the pipes rolled down too quickly. One employee tried to stop the pipe with his hand. His right pinky finger was caught between two pipes causing a partial amputation that required surgery and admittance to the hospital.