# Amputations at Publix Super Markets, Inc. Store 259
> OSHA SIR `2015063480` · 6/7/2015 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets, Inc. Store 259
- **Location:** 5295 34th Street S., SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33711
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The end of an employee's finger was amputated while operating a Patti-O-Matic burger making machine. The guard was not in place at the time.

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