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Employer of visiting nurse who was killed didn't protect her and should be fined, safety agency says (apnews.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house and should be fined about $161,000, federal workplace safety officials said Wednesday.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released the results of its investigation into Elara Caring and the Oct. 28 death of Joyce Grayson, a 63-year-old mother of six and nurse for 36 years. The Dallas, Texas-based company, which provides home care for more than 60,000 patients in 17 states, said it disputes OSHA’s findings and plans to contest them.

OSHA determined the company “exposed home healthcare employees to workplace violence from patients who exhibited aggressive behavior and were known to pose a risk to others,” the agency said in a statement.

“Elara Caring failed its legal duty to protect employees from workplace injury by not having effective measures in place to protect employees against a known hazard and it cost a worker her life,” Charles McGrevy, an OSHA area director in Hartford, Connecticut, said in the statement.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (2 children)

161k is sounding awfully wrist slappy.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Right? A person died. And you’re gonna fine the company what maybe three employees cost for a year?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

And considering that they work across 17 states, paying someone to be a security escort in any risky situation is probably more expensive. Employees don't get murdered that often, so might as well just set some money aside and pay the fine when it happens.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, directors should be getting charged with manslaughter. Their negligence caused a death, they should be getting charged with a crime, not given a bill

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Fined?!? We’re going to talk about issuing a fine for a loss of life?!? How much more shit are we going to add to dystopia? We’re well past that threshold.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

That's fucking horrible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Remember when conservatives were all about "corporations are people?" Yeah, when someone's gross negligence results in death of another, they don't usually fine the negligent person. They charge them with mansluaghter.