Amputations

Name: Amputations at Publix Distribution Center
Start: 7/23/2021

1 amputation · 2021076094 · 7/23/2021 · Publix Distribution Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Racks-garment and other

Employer

Name: Publix Distribution Center
Location: 7200 Jefferson Metro Parkway, MC CALLA, ALABAMA, 35111
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. As it turned, his left middle finger was caught between the upright to its overhead guard and a pallet on a rack. The finger was amputated.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown