# Cuts, lacerations at Publix Super Markets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109326` · 10/3/2016 · ORANGE BEACH, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Super Markets, Inc.
- **Location:** 25771 Perdido Beach Blvd, ORANGE BEACH, ALABAMA, 36561
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting pork on a band saw when the pork bone caught the blade and began to spin, causing the employee's left ring finger to strike the saw. He suffered a tendon laceration and was hospitalized for surgery.

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