# Amputations at Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010559` · 1/21/2021 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
- **Location:** 2969 N Druid Hills Road NE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30329
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting bone on lamb chops. The cutting blade amputated the end of the employee's right index finger at the second knuckle.

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