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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO

Fall on same level unspecified · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, 12950 WEST LITTLE YORK ROAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77041 on — Fractures , affecting the Hip(s) and leg(s) n.e.c..

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.

Hospitalized Hip(s) and leg(s) n.e.c. Other constructed surface

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.

National Oilwell Varco

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.

National Oilwell Varco

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.

National Oilwell Varco

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

National Oilwell Varco

Two employees were working in a shop, repairing a piece of oilfield equipment known as an active heave drawworks (AHD) drum shaft. As one of them was inserting the bolt, the drum rotated, his crescent wrench slipped from its position, and his left hand was pinched between the wrench and the frame of the equipment. His index fingertip was amputated.

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