# Fractures at Publix Super Markets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032523` · 3/14/2018 · WINTER PARK, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets, Inc.
- **Location:** 741 S Orlando Ave, WINTER PARK, FLORIDA, 32789
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a hand-powered industrial forklift jack when his left thumb was smashed and fractured between the control handle and a cooler door. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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