Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 3,281,953 workers employed at 76,515 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 23,503 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 43 workers. On average over the last five years, the Nursing and Residential Care Facilities industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (33% more) than the broader Health Care and Social Assistance Industry
The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, January 11th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Coeur D Alene, ID after learning of an incident at Coeur D'Alene Of Cascadia Llc which had occured on Saturday, January 5th 2019. A 58 year old woman working as a was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID113053.015
Accident Date2019-01-05
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 10:00 p.m. on January 5, 2019, Employee #1, a CNA was attending to a resident with the assistance of Employee #2 who is also a CNA. Employee #1 was changing the adult underclothes of the resident which were soiled. Employee #2 was keeping the resident calm so that Employee #1 could attend to the resident's personal hygiene. The resident gouged Employee #1 with her fingernails leaving a "seven" or "v" shaped wound which was bleeding. The Employee #1 was admitted to the hospital on 1/9/2019 for septic shock. Group A streptococcus was found in the right forearm lesion.
On Monday, January 22nd 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Milford, NE at Five Star Quality Care, Inc.. A 65 year old had been killed when the employee fell on slippery surface, fractured skull, and lat
OSHA ID102384.015
Accident Date2017-12-21
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 5:30 p.m. on December 21, 2017, an employee was carrying an 8 lb bag of personal items to her car when she slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk. The employee was discovered on the sidewalk by coworkers, bleeding from head and vomiting. The employee was transported to hospital where she was treated for a non-displaced skull fracture. The employee was later transferred to a rehab facility where she died 26 days after the initial incident from complications that resulted from a blunt force head injury.
On Friday, November 17th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Fort Worth, TX which had occured previously at Arbor Sienna Services, Llc. A 31 year old man working as a Heating was killed on the job when the employee fell from roof and was killed
OSHA ID100860.015
Accident Date2017-11-16
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 10:15 a.m. on November 16, 2017, an employee was tossing an air conditioner compressors off the roof.The employee fell approximately 30 feet while tossing equipment off the roof and was killed.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
1.03
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 10377
220.7%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 257