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GLOVERSVILLE The Fulton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare recently reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration over workplace violations related to coronavirus safety protocols and procedures. The nursing home was cited after a complaint was filed by the Civil Service Employees Association related to the death of a Fulton Center staff member from COVID-19 complications in May.
OSHA opened an investigation of the Fulton Center on May 22 after a union complaint was filed. According to a recent story from CSEA’s statewide publication, The Work Force, the case was opened after the union notified the regulatory agency of the death of Dennis Darby, a 31-year-old certified nursing assistant at the Fulton Center, from coronavirus complications at Albany Medical Center on May 21.