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Maine oversight panel spotlights data gap on staff injuries at Riverview and Dorothea Dix
Summary
State oversight staff told the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee that injury counts for 2022 differ between a February HHS presentation and data OPAGA received; lawmakers requested a site visit and clarification of injury categories.
Sen. Craig Hickman, chair of the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee, on Thursday directed further attention to staff safety at Riverview and Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Centers after a discrepancy emerged between Human Services reporting and data provided to the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability.
OPAGA Director Peter Schleck told the committee that the agency's data show a higher count of staff injuries for 2022 than the number reported to the Legislature's HHS committee earlier this year. "I'm not in a position to explain today, in the absence of further work, why that number is so different, but I want to give you the headline, which is the number is different," Schleck said.
The difference involves the…
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