# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Digco, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016065523` · 6/21/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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