# Cuts, lacerations at Publix Supermarkets Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112331` · 11/17/2018 · TAMARAC, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarkets Inc.
- **Location:** 4121 West Commercial Blv, TAMARAC, FLORIDA, 33319
- **NAICS:** 445299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a walkie stacker when his thumb was caught between the handle and a rack, resulting in a laceration to his left thumb.

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