# Amputations at Publix
> OSHA SIR `20171211491` · 12/3/2017 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix
- **Location:** 2300 Griffin Road, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33810
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cutter to cut smoked ham when the cutter amputated her left thumb tip.

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