# Amputations at Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015086032` · 8/23/2015 · VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
- **Location:** 1741 Gornto Road, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger while performing patty-machine maintenance.

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