# Amputations at Publix Supermarket
> OSHA SIR `20161211395` · 12/6/2016 · DAVENPORT, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarket
- **Location:** 39883 Hwy 27, DAVENPORT, FLORIDA, 33837
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a beef rib on a band saw when the blade amputated his right thumb tip and fractured his right index finger.

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