Other Residential Care Facilities

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Other Residential Care Facilities industry saw employment growth of only 2.82%. There are an average of 25 workers at each of the 6,576 establishments in the United States. On average over the last five years, the Other Residential Care Facilities industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (36% more) than the broader Nursing and Residential Care Facilities Industry

The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, December 8th 2016 by OSHA representitives in Escalante, UT after learning of an incident at Turn-About Ranch, Inc which had occured on Tuesday, December 6th 2016. A 61 year old had been killed when the employee was killed in attack by a treatment facility residen
OSHA ID91372.015
Accident Date2016-12-06
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 8:00 a.m. on December 6, 2016, a staff member was providing oversight for ad olescents in a residential teenage treatment facility. The employee had just c hecked on a resident and turned to walk away when te employee was attacked by t he resident with a rebar fire poker, striking him in the head multiple times an d killing him due to fatal head injuries.
OSHA investigators arrived in WEST BEND, WI on Tuesday, September 13th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Homes for Independent Living of Wisconsin LLC. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-09-13
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was trying to de-escalate a resident having a mental breakdown. The resident sprayed the entire contents of a fire extinguisher in the basement of the building. The employee inhaled the fire extinguisher contents and experienced breathing distress, requiring hospitalization.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, June 2nd 2016 by OSHA representitives in HARRISONVILLE, MI at GOLDEN YEARS HEALTH CENTER NURSING HOME. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-06-02
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeOn June 2, 2016, at 1:45 p.m., an employee fell 4.7 feet from an outside stairway while attempting to remove a black snake from the outside lip/ledge of the stairway. He broke five ribs and injured his spleen, requiring hospitalization.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
1.41
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 502
380%
Inspection Rate: 0.61
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 19

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