# Amputations at Publix Super Markets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054046` · 5/9/2022 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sealing, stapling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets, Inc.
- **Location:** 3260 New Tampa Highway, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33815
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the temperature of a bag sealer when his left hand contacted a roller, which amputated his left ring fingertip.

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