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Positive Steps: OSHA inspections and violations

Howell, Michigan · Other Residential Care Facilities · NAICS 623990

2inspections
4citation items
$2,000current penalties
Apr 26, 2021last inspection

Positive Steps has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Michigan, the first in 2021.

OSHA's last visit started on Apr 26, 2021 as part of a related case, in Howell.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $4,000 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,000, down 50%.

For context, across all health care employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,050. Positive Steps averages $2,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Positive Steps: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345457014 OPENED APR 26, 2021Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Health · 30 employees at the site · Closed Oct 1, 2021

5892 Sterling Dr, Howell, MI 48843 · Other Residential Care Facilities · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR RULE 6(1)
Serious$3,500$1,750Sep 9, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR RULE 10(1)
Serious$0$0Sep 9, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR RULE 4(1)
Serious$0$0Sep 9, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 408.22129(4)
Other-than-serious$500$250Sep 9, 2021Final

Inspection 345174221 OPENED MAR 2, 2021Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 30 employees at the site · Closed Sep 9, 2021

2805 Glorietta Dr, Howell, MI 48843 · Other Residential Care Facilities · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 22, 2021 (fatal): Employee with covid-19 infection dies

An employee was working as a direct care specialist in an assisted living facility when she worked with a resident who was taken to the hospital on February 5, 2021, for non-COVID-19 related issues. The resident ended up testing positive for COVID-19 while receiving treatment at the hospital. Afterwards, the employee was tested and later informed on February 11, that she was positive for COVID-19. The employee died at home on February 22, 2021, due to COVID-19-related blood clots in the lungs.

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

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