Beverly Enterprises, the nation's largest nursing home chain, has agreed to comprehensive requirements for lifting devices and safety procedures to protect nursing home caregivers from ergonomics-related injuries, according to the Service Employees International Union, which brought safety complaints against the company.
Beverly must implement the new guidelines outlined in the settlement with OSHA within one year at five Pennsylvania nursing homes where complaints were originally filed with OSHA and phase in the remedies at 265 other homes around the country in states where OSHA has jurisdiction.