# Fractures at National Oilwell Varco
> OSHA SIR `2015020518` · 2/18/2015 · AMELIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** National Oilwell Varco
- **Location:** 2084 Hwy 662, AMELIA, LOUISIANA, 70340
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a pipe rack using his feet to roll pipe to the edge when his foot was caught by a pipe causing him to fall off the rack. The employee's foot was broken by the pipe that also fell off the rack.

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