Integrity HC of Marion: Rodent Droppings in Food Storage - IL
An inspector walking through the dry storage room at 11:50 AM on August 14 found a pile of small pieces of plaster and wood on the floor in the corner. Above it, a fresh hole in the wall. On the shelves running around the outer perimeter of the room, the ones holding food items, there were several mouse droppings.
The administrator, identified in the report as V1, explained what had happened when inspectors spoke with her about fourteen minutes later. A pest control company had previously located three holes in the dry storage walls that they believed mice were using to get inside. The company had covered all three. What nobody at the facility had caught was that the mice had chewed through one of the patches.
She said she would have the Maintenance Director fill the new hole with steel wool and cover it again.
That was the plan. Steel wool over a hole that mice had already demonstrated they could work around once.
Later that afternoon, the Regional Clinical Director, identified as V2, told inspectors that the facility had no dry storage area policy at all. The facility's own pest control policy, revised in May 2008, stated in part that the building was to be kept free of insects and rodents through an ongoing pest control program. Whether that program was working as intended, the droppings on the food shelves answered plainly.
The inspection was a complaint survey, meaning someone had raised a concern before inspectors arrived. The report does not identify who filed the complaint or what specifically prompted it.
CMS rated the violation at the lowest level of harm, minimal harm or potential for actual harm, a designation that reflects the agency's assessment that no resident had been documented as injured by the time inspectors arrived. The potential, the report noted, extended to all 94 residents living in the facility.
What the report captures is a kitchen where mice had been getting in, where a pest control company had tried to close off the entry points, and where the mice had responded by chewing through the repair. The facility's leadership learned about the new hole from the inspector's visit, not from their own monitoring. There was no policy governing how the dry storage room should be maintained or checked.
The administrator's response, to send the maintenance director to stuff the gap with steel wool, was offered in the moment, without any indication of how the facility intended to verify it held, or how staff would know if the rodent activity continued on the shelves where food was stored.
The droppings were on the shelves. The food was on the shelves.
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INTEGRITY HC OF MARION in MARION, IL was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 15, 2025.
An inspector walking through the dry storage room at 11:50 AM on August 14 found a pile of small pieces of plaster and wood on the floor in the corner.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.