Nursing Home eCAT
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The nursing home industry is one of America's fastest growing industries. Today nursing homes and personal care facilities employ approximately 1.7 million workers at 21,000 worksites. It is estimated by the year 2005, industry employment levels will rise to 2.4 million workers. 

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 1998 nursing and personal care facilities reported 203,300 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses to their personnel. Among U.S. industries, nursing homes, have the fourth highest rate of nonfatal injury or illness cases-14.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. This is more than double the incident rate of 6.7 for industry as a whole. Only meat products processing, motor vehicle/equipment manufacturing industries, and air transportation industries, rank higher. 

During fiscal year 1999 OSHA performed 997 inspection activities in SIC code 805- Nursing and Personal Care Facilities. The most frequently sited violations were bloodborne pathogens, uncontrolled electrical hazards, lock out tag out, hazard communication, medical services and first aid, recordkeeping, egress and machine guarding. 

OSHA is providing this computerized graphical Nursing Home eCAT to help employers identify and address potential occupational hazards in the nursing home industry. This will be done through a comprehensive safety and health program approach.

This eCAT will help employers in developing and implementing engineering and work practice controls which comply with OSHA requirements and could be incorporated into a facility's safety and health plan to reduce the hazards of nursing home work and improve worker safety.

 


 

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