Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO
Start: 6/19/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015063896 · 6/19/2015 · NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Boxes, crates, cartons
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO
Location: 12950 WEST LITTLE YORK ROAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
NAICS: 333132
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was spotting for a forklift driver who was moving a crate. The forklift hit a stack of crates, which shifted and caused a second crate to fall on the employee, cutting him on the head.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown