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OSHA orders Colo. facility to protect staff

Pioneer Health Care Center in Rocky Ford was fined more than $9,000


The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited and fined Pioneer Health Care Center in Rocky Ford, Colo., more than $9,000 for failing to protect staff from violent patients, according to an article on the McKnights website.

OSHA said Pioneer must install more security cameras and alarms, remove dangerous items from violent residents' rooms and improve training and staffing. 

The investigation followed violent incidents in August 2017. 

Certified nursing assistants, OSHA said, suffered “bites, sprains, broken skin, bruising, scratches, soft tissue trauma, and injuries to the head and torso from punches, kicks, and forceful grabs.”

Read the article.

 



March 20, 2018


Topic Area: Security

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