# Amputations at Abbott Laboratories
> OSHA SIR `20191011363` · 10/31/2019 · WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Counters, counter tops
## Employer
- **Name:** Abbott Laboratories
- **Location:** 4 Robbins Road, WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 01886
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking apart a countertop. The countertop fell and caused an amputation to the employee's finger.

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