Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 607,291 workers employed at 27,680 Residential Mental Retardation Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 2,629 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 22 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Nursing and Residential Care Facilities Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, January 3rd 2018 by OSHA representitives in Cypress, TX after learning of an incident at Reach Unlimited Inc. which had occured on Monday, October 2nd 2017. A 60 year old woman working as a was killed on the job when the employee was found unresponsive and was killed
Accident Date2017-10-02
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 9:58 a.m. on October 2, 2017, an employee was found unresponsive in a staff bathroom. She suffered from blunt force head trauma with subdural hematoma and was killed.
On Friday, August 11th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Tarrytown, NY which had occured previously at The Institutes Of Applied Human Dynamics Inc.. A 37 year old had been killed when the
Accident Date2017-08-09
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 10:45 a.m. on August 9, 2017, an employee was struck by and run over by a work van that was being driven by a coworker. The coworker was in reverse trying to re-position the van, when he struck the employee. The employee suffered head trauma and was killed.
OSHA investigators arrived in Louisville, KY on Wednesday, January 4th 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at 58710 - Community Alternatives Kentucky Inc which had occured on Tuesday, January 3rd 2017. A 66 year old woman working as a employee was killed on the job when the
Accident Date2017-01-03
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt approximately 10:43 p.m. on January 3, 2017, an employee, direct support professional, was found unresponsive at residence where she worked as an assisted living staff member for people with mental disabilities by a coworker. It is believed the employee was fatally stabbed to death by one of three residents under her care.