# Amputations at Laboratory Specialists Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010087` · 1/3/2017 · MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Laboratory Specialists Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 200 College Avenue, MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02155
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a circular saw to rip a plywood counter top brace when the saw bound up and kicked back, partially amputating the employee's thumb.

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