National Oilwell Varco

Three employees were assembling a mast for a mobile rig derrick. Each of the two sections are approximately 60 feet long. The lower mast was positioned on stands. The upper mast was supported by an overhead crane. The injured employee was standing at the base on the lower mast behind the winch skid. He was using a crane and a winch that is mounted on a forklift skid to slide the top mast into the lower mast. The upper section of the mast became misaligned and the force from the crane and winch operations caused the mast to shift 4 feet. This caused the winch skid to shift 4 feet back as well, pinning the employee's left foot between the base of the winch and the base of the forklift mast. The employee sustained two fractures in his foot.

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.

On January 22, 2024, an employee was leaving the building through the front door. When the employee stepped on the outside door mat, he fell, sustaining fractures to his right hip and femur.

An employee had just completed grinding on a 1,300-pound rotor using a pneumatic grinder. They were attempting to manually push the rotor on a cart out of the workstation when the retractable air hose created an obstruction under the wheel of the cart. The employee went to push the cart over the obstruction when the cart and rotor became unstable, tipping over and striking the employee on the left foot. They sustained multiple foot fractures that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was using a vertical milling machine when it partially amputated his right thumb and ring finger.

An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.

An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.

A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.

On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.

An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

Employees were replacing a 24" pig trap door. A strap was shackled on the pig trap door and connected to a forklift. Welders began to cut the door off. An employee was holding onto the door when the cut was finished. The door shifted and caught his fingers, resulting in a hand injury and amputation.

An employee was fitting an arbor fixture into a rotor housing to be reworked. The rotor is moved by a hoist. The arbor was being lowered into the rotor housing when the arbor slipped down onto his hand and amputated a portion of his left thumb.

An employee was operating a brake press when his left hand was caught in a pivot point and fractured.

A crew was tripping out of the hole with an electrical submersible pump (ESP) in the process of swapping tubing tong heads to break down the ESP. An employee's left arm was caught and pinched by the tubing tongs. The employee sustained three lacerations and a fracture to the arm.

On May 21, 2025, at approximately 3:40 PM, a machinist was preparing a CNC lathe machine for it's next run. He was closing the machine door to complete the tooling setup when the door crushed his right middle finger. The employee required a surgical amputation to his fingertip.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.