# Amputations at Publix Super Markets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018066298` · 6/25/2018 · MERRITT ISLAND, 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:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets, Inc.
- **Location:** 125 E Merritt Island Cswy, MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA, 32952
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a meat slicer and amputated the tip of her right thumb.

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