Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Digco, LLC, 8241 Glenview Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77017
on — Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final 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.
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