# Fractures at Publix Super Markets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015042426` · 4/28/2015 · ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets, Inc.
- **Location:** Store #660, ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, 32174
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack.  He fractured his right thumb when it became caught between the grocery rack and the handle of the pallet jack. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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