A A A Testers, Inc.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — BIG SPRING, TEXAS
| Employer | A A A Testers, Inc. | Report ID | 20241110502 |
| Address | 32.0761, -101.4566 | City, State ZIP | BIG SPRING, TEXAS 79720 |
| Event Date | November 11, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Source of Injury | Drilling and extraction machinery unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Secondary source not applicable | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 213112 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.28000, -101.34000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was finished with the job and began rigging down his equipment. The lifting sub was already on top of the testing tools and the lifting device (elevators) were latched on and ready to pick up tooling to lay the tools down on the ground. The employee grabbed the lift sub to make sure it was screwed in all the way when the lifting device came up and created a pinch point that caught their left thumb. The employee sustained an amputation of the thumb tip.
Incident Summary
On November 11, 2024, a worker at A A A Testers, Inc. in BIG SPRING, TEXAS suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation, with drilling and extraction machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
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