Definition(s)
Handling Damage
Damage to the OCTG body, coupling or threads that occurred during loading, unloading, movements in transit, etc. EXAMPLES cuts, gouges, dents, flattened (mashed) thread crests or similar.
Source: API RP 5A5, Field Inspection of New Casing, Tubing, and Plain-end Drill Pipe, Reaffirmed August 2010. Global Standards