# Amputations at National Oilwell Varco Tuboscope
> OSHA SIR `2017053989` · 5/2/2017 · BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** National Oilwell Varco Tuboscope
- **Location:** 806 Engineers Rd., BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA, 70037
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand was caught between a pipe roller and a wire brush machine, smashing and partially amputating his right index fingertip.

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