The Broadview Center: Dog Bite Injury Immediate Jeopardy - WA
The incident happened on August 4, 2025, at The Broadview Center on Greenwood Avenue North. Resident 9 was seated in a wheelchair at the dining room table when the dog moved beneath it. The resident fell backward. The fall cut the back of their head.
The facility's own unit manager, a registered nurse identified in the inspection report as Staff N, put it plainly in an interview with inspectors on September 15. "All dogs were supposed to always be on leashes and supervised when they were in the facility," she said. "If the dog had been on a leash, Resident 9 would not have been harmed."
Staff B, interviewed the same afternoon, said the same: the accident could have been avoided if the dog had been on a leash.
The administrator, identified as Staff C, was interviewed at 4:01 PM. "I think the dog got in the way and tripped Resident 9," she said. "I am not sure about that, but per policy the dog should have been on a leash. This would not have happened if the dog was on a leash."
Federal inspectors rated the violation at the highest level of severity: Immediate Jeopardy to resident health or safety.
The word "jeopardy" in federal inspection language has a specific meaning. It is not used when a rule is broken on paper. It is used when the failure has already caused or is likely to cause serious injury, harm, impairment, or death. Inspectors determined this situation met that threshold.
What makes the finding stark is not just what happened to Resident 9. It is that everyone in the building already knew the rule. The leash requirement was not obscure. It was not disputed. Every staff member who spoke to inspectors recited it without prompting and then said, without hesitation, that following it would have changed the outcome on August 4.
The administrator could not say with certainty exactly how the dog caused the fall. "I think the dog got in the way and tripped Resident 9. I am not sure about that." But she was certain about the rest of it.
The inspection was triggered by a complaint and completed September 16, 2025. The report covers 32 pages. This violation appears on page 22.
Resident 9 fell backward in a wheelchair in a dining room, cut the back of their head, and the people responsible for their safety told investigators, weeks later, that they already knew how to prevent it.
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THE BROADVIEW CENTER in SEATTLE, WA was cited for immediate jeopardy violations during a health inspection on September 16, 2025.
The incident happened on August 4, 2025, at The Broadview Center on Greenwood Avenue North.
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