# Amputations at PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015031566` · 3/29/2015 · MIRAMAR, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
- **Location:** 9951 Miramar Parkway, MIRAMAR, FLORIDA, 33025
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 3/29/15, at 2:00 PM, an employee working in the meat department was helping a customer that requested chicken. The employee proceeded to cut the chicken with a band saw when it slipped and amputated the tip of her right thumb. She was hospitalized to reattach the thumb tip.

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