# Amputations at Publix Super Markets Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023087945` · 8/28/2023 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets Inc
- **Location:** 2600 County Line Rd, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33811
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift down a cross aisle when the vehicle collided with another forklift. Their forklift then veered into a bollard pole and the employee's left leg was caught between the forklift and the bollard pole, resulting in a crush injury that required surgical amputation.

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