LITHONIA, GEORGIA—
Terraces at Parkview Apartments
Exposure through scratch or other open wound · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Final narrative
On Friday 05/22/15 in the afternoon, an employee was cleaning an empty apartment while wearing rubber gloves. There was a break in the gloves and dirty water from a bucket contacted a pre-existing wound on the right hand causing injury such as, swelling, redness and pain to the hand. He was transported to the hospital for treatment.
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