Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Staff pay and workplace safety

Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.

Federal wage and hour cases

The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.

• Findings for Jun 5, 2004 to Jun 3, 2006. Violations found: Overtime, Family and medical leave. Back wages: $795 owed to 4 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Valley Nursing Center (Westminster Nursing Center, Inc.). Case 1443562.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.

OSHA workplace safety inspections

OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.

• Sep 3, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed May 20, 2025. 10 violations cited (4 serious, 6 other). Penalties: $30,517 proposed, $19,836 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 157413 - Valley Nursing Healthcare, LLC.
  Details

  • Serious: Cited rule 1910.263(e)(1)(viii). Penalty $8,000 proposed, $5,200 now. To be fixed by Feb 26, 2025.
  • Serious: Safe electrical work practices (1910.333(b)(2)(i)). Penalty $8,000 proposed, $5,200 now. To be fixed by Apr 4, 2025.
  • Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(i)). Penalty $14,517 proposed, $9,436 now. To be fixed by Apr 4, 2025.
  • Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(1)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 26, 2025.
  • Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(2)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 26, 2025.
  • Other than serious: Propane and other liquefied petroleum gas (1910.110(f)(7)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 26, 2025.
  • Other than serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Apr 4, 2025.
  • Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(6)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Apr 4, 2025.
  • Other than serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(g)(1)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 26, 2025.
  • Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(g)(8)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 26, 2025.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory. 11.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Trinity Village, Hickory. 10.3 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Medi Home Health Agency, Taylorsville. 4.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Walgreens. 9.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 28681 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Fresenius Medical Care Of Alexander County, Taylorsville, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Services Of Catawba Valley, Conover, 10.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc Hickory Home Program, Hickory, 11.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)

Hospice

9 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 28681.
Alexander Hospice, office in Taylorsville, 3.6 miles away, straight line
Carolina Caring, office in Newton, 16.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Wake Forest Baptist Health Care At Home Hospice-Wi, office in Wilkesboro, 18.5 miles away, straight line

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Blue Ridge Healthcare Medical Group Inc, Connelly Springs. 19.4 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.

Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.

Emergency and natural hazard risk

Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.

Flood zone

Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)

A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.

What we checked

Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.