# Cuts, lacerations at PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023032696` · 3/26/2023 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
- **Location:** Publix Distribution Center, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34238
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was counting and tagging merchandise shipments while walking in the receiving dock area when they were struck by a forklift, resulting in lower leg lacerations and hospitalization.

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