# Fractures at National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2018032686` · 3/19/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
- **Location:** 11921 FM 529, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were disassembling a blowout preventer. During the process, one of the employees was attempting to investigate a blockage when the 500-pound BOP dropped onto his right arm between the wrist and elbow. He received a laceration and a fracture, requiring hospitalization.

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