# Amputations at Publix Super Markets Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112072` · 11/26/2018 · DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets Inc.
- **Location:** Deerfield Beach Warehouse, DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA, 33442
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An associate was removing a loose piece of cardboard from an automated storage and retrieval system to clear a fault. When the cardboard was removed, the machine cycled, pinching and partially amputating a finger on his left hand.

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