FILE – Reach House, a halfway house for sex offenders where visiting nurse Joyce Grayson was found dead, sits atop a small hill, Nov. 21, 2023, in Willimantic, Conn. A federal workplace safety investigation following the death of Grayson, a licensed practical nurse, during a home visit in Willimantic on Oct. 28, 2023, found that Elara Caring, one of the nation’s largest home-based care providers, did not provide adequate safeguards to protect the nurse and other employees from the dangers of workplace violence. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton Robb, File)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — 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. …