Mid-Step Services, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Sioux City, Iowa · Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities · NAICS 623210
1inspections
4citation items
$3,600current penalties
May 26, 2020last inspection
OSHA has inspected Mid-Step Services, Inc. once in Iowa.
The inspection began on May 26, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Sioux City.
That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 1 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $5,059 and now stand at $3,600, 29% lower after settlements or reviews.
Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.134.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for health care employers since 2015 is $1,050, and Mid-Step Services, Inc. averages $3,600 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Mid-Step Services, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $1,652 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on May 23, 2020 (fatal): Employee with covid-19 infection dies
At approximately 6:30 p.m. on May 23, 2020, Employee #1 died. The employee was s supervising Residential Living Assistants and working with the intellectually disabled. There was a COVID-19 outbreak at the 45-bed facility. At least 6 coworkers and multiple resident members tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the employee displaying symptoms and testing positive for COVID-19. The employee was admitted to the hospital on May 11, 2020 and died on May 23, 2020 due to complications including hematoma.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Sioux City site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 106 workers: 4.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 193 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Courage Homes
Sioux City · 2023
106
4
2
4.3
3.7
Park View Homes
Sioux City · 2023
76
1
0
1.3
3.7
Pier Center for Autism
Sioux City · 2023
25
0
0
0.0
3.7
Work Center
Sioux City · 2023
19
0
0
0.0
3.7
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(3) How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.
(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)
(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.
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