# Cuts, lacerations at PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171111181` · 11/22/2017 · NOKOMIS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Box cutters and razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
- **Location:** 2438 Laurel Road East, NOKOMIS, FLORIDA, 34275
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a store display and was trying to cut the peg board with a utility knife. He applied pressure with his right arm. When the knife went through the board, it broke loose went into his left forearm, lacerating an artery. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

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