Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Publix Super Markets, Inc., 1100 Johnson Ferry Road, MARIETTA, GEORGIA 30068
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
On May 26, 2025, an employee was cutting meat on a band saw when the meat rolled, driving his left index finger into the blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his finger.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Butchering machinery
More severe injuries at Publix Super Markets, Inc.
On September 7, 2025, at approximately 12:32 PM, an employee was working to open a stuck trailer door using a pry bar. The pry bar came loose and struck the employee on the right side of his jaw resulting in a fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was walking with a rack toward the meat section of a walk-in refrigerator when he tripped over the rack's wheel and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.
At 5:05 p.m. on August 8, 2025, an employee tripped over the wheel of a shopping cart inside a store's vestibule and fell. He suffered a broken left hip and was hospitalized.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 446110)
An employee was loading cardboard into a cardboard bailer to be compressed. The machine began to operate with the door open, and the employee's left hand was fractured.
An employee was walking to their car after work. They tripped over a concrete parking stop and fell in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.
An employee was putting a box onto a cart when a handle on the box broke and the cart began to roll away from her. She lost her balance, fell with the box still in her hands, and broke her left hip. She was hospitalized.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
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