# Cuts, lacerations at Lichty Commercial Construction, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017087509` · 8/7/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Lichty Commercial Construction, Inc
- **Location:** 477 Windsor St SW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30312
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a board that was being cut in half with a circular saw when the saw jumped and swung backwards, hitting and cutting the employee's right thumb. The employee had surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*