# Fractures at PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20161211807` · 12/20/2016 · CANTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
- **Location:** 15 LAUREL CANYON VILLAGE CIR #118, CANTON, GEORGIA, 30114
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 20, 2016, at approximately 3:30 p.m., an employee was cubing meat in a tenderizer when the meat became stuck. While she attempted to remove the meat from the tenderizer, the rollers caught the glove of her left hand and pulled her index and middle fingers into the tenderizer, fracturing both.

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