Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1499830.015 - Tri-County Industries, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Erie Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1499830.015

Report ID: 0336000

Date Opened: 10/27/2020

Site Address:
Tri-County Industries, Inc.
502 Dutch Road
Venus, PA 16364

Mailing Address:
159 Tci Park Drive, Grove City, PA 16127

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 562111/Solid Waste Collection

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/27/2020

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/09/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1676240	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 131340.015

Event: 10/20/2020

Employee's finger is caught in pinch point, fingertip is lat

At 12:10 p.m. on October 20, 2020, an employee was holding tension on a cable with his left hand while reeling it back onto a cable reel while operating a winch control with his right hand. The employee's hand was pulled down and into a fixed bolt on a truck and was pinched between the bolt and a truck. He ripped his hand away from the pinch point, tearing his glove, and degloving his left middle fingertip down to the fingernail. The employee's left middle finger tip was surgically removed. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Cable, Caught In, Degloving, Finger, Fingertip, Glove, Pinch Point, Pulled In, Rolling, Surgical Amputation, Tension, Winch

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1499830.015	22	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Garbage collectors

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