Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Name: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Digco, LLC
Start: 6/21/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065523 · 6/21/2016 · Digco, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Scrap, waste, debris, unspecified

Employer

Name: Digco, LLC
Location: 8241 Glenview Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77017
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a pipeline at a residential home. The employee took the pipe apart and was handling the pipe and fittings when contaminated debris from within the pipeline contacted the back of his hand. He suffered skin irritation to his left hand that became infected and swollen.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown