Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare

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 Mar 9, 2019 to Aug 21, 2021. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $3,578 owed to 2 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Essex Operations Associates LLC. Case 1959561.

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 5, 2019: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 6, 2020. 6 violations cited (6 serious). Penalties: $20,241 proposed, $12,144 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Essex Operations Associates LLC.
  Details

  • Serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(1)(i)). Penalty $6,747 proposed, $4,048 now. To be fixed by Feb 18, 2020.
  • Serious: Eye and face protection (1910.133(a)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 18, 2020.
  • Serious: Medical services and first aid (including eyewash stations) (1910.151(c)). Penalty $6,747 proposed, $4,048 now. To be fixed by Feb 18, 2020.
  • Serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(e)(1)). Penalty $6,747 proposed, $4,048 now. To be fixed by Mar 12, 2020.
  • Serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(f)(6)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 18, 2020.
  • Serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(h)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 12, 2020.
• Aug 15, 2019: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Aug 17, 2021. 5 violations cited (5 serious). Penalties: $13,260 proposed, $6,630 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Essex Operations Associates LLC.
  Details

  • Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)). Penalty $6,630 proposed, $6,630 now. To be fixed by Nov 5, 2019.
  • Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(7)(i)(b)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 5, 2019.
  • Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(7)(i)(c)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 5, 2019.
  • Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(f)(3)(i)). Penalty $6,630 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 5, 2019.
  • Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(d)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 5, 2019.

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

Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Elizabethtown. 0.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid, Lake Placid. 19.3 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Essex County Nursing Service, Elizabethtown. 0.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Kinney Drugs. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 12932 as rural (rural area).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Elizabethtown Center, LLC, Elizabethtown, 0.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)

Hospice

1 Medicare hospice tells CMS it serves ZIP code 12932.

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Porter Hospital Inc, Middlebury. 25.9 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

FEMA has a flood map for this community (takes effect December 10, 2026), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave very 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.