# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Advanced Water Well Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2024076287` · 7/12/2024 · CASTROVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drill apparatus
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Water Well Technologies
- **Location:** 465 Private Rd, CASTROVILLE, TEXAS, 78056
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting water pipes, which were being lowered by an elevator that handles pipes. The pipes were lowered onto the employee's fingers, crushing the left middle and ring fingers.

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