# Amputations at Publix Super Markets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111707` · 11/11/2019 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets, Inc.
- **Location:** 9786 W. Beaver Street, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32220
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A forklift operator was using the forklift to take pallets from receiving docks to a reserve storage location. The forklift reversed and his left little finger was pinched between the forklift and a rack, causing an amputation of the fingertip with bone loss.

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