Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Start: 9/16/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024098611 · 9/16/2024 · Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Location: 777 SW 12th Avenue, DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA, 33442
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam from a plastic finishing trimmer machine and sustained injuries to his right index and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized and sustained an index fingertip amputation.

Source

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