# Amputations at PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181213271` · 12/30/2018 · HOLMES BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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 SUPER MARKETS, INC.
- **Location:** 3900 E Bay Drive, HOLMES BEACH, FLORIDA, 34217
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a slicer when he attempted to remove a piece and his right thumb tip contacted the blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the right thumb tip. The blade was not closed at the time of the incident.

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