# Amputations at Publix super market Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021035` · 2/3/2016 · DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix super market Inc.
- **Location:** 777 SW 12 Ave, DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA, 33442
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fabricating a bracket and sharping a piece of metal on a belt sander. The metal bracket slipped out of his hand, rotated and sliced the top of his left thumb.

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