Majestic Mountain Care Center: Accident Hazard Violation - CA
Federal health inspectors visited Majestic Mountain Care Center on April 28 as part of a complaint investigation. What they found led to a citation under a regulatory category that covers the basic physical safety of nursing home residents — whether the spaces where they sleep, eat, and move through each day carry risks that staff have failed to address or even acknowledge.
The citation was rated at Scope/Severity Level D, meaning inspectors identified the problem as isolated rather than widespread, but concluded there was potential for more than minimal harm. No actual harm was documented during the inspection.
That last detail offers limited comfort. A Level D finding means inspectors believed something in this facility could hurt someone. It means they saw enough to put it in writing, assign it a severity rating, and require a response. The facility has not responded.
Majestic Mountain Care Center has filed no plan of correction.
In the world of nursing home oversight, a plan of correction is the minimum. It is the facility saying: we know what went wrong, here is what we are doing about it, and here is when it will be fixed. Facilities that receive deficiency citations are expected to submit one. Majestic Mountain Care Center has not done that.
The inspection was triggered by a complaint, which means someone — a resident, a family member, a staff member, or a visitor — contacted regulators because they believed something at this facility was wrong. Complaint investigations are not random. They begin because someone decided the situation was serious enough to report.
The deficiency falls under the Quality of Life and Care category, a broad designation that covers everything from how residents are treated emotionally to whether the physical environment around them is safe. The accident hazard standard sits within that category because the people living in nursing homes are, by definition, among those least able to protect themselves from a dangerous environment. Many cannot walk without assistance. Many cannot see well, or process information quickly, or call for help before a fall becomes a catastrophe.
Supervision failures and unaddressed hazards are among the most common pathways to serious injury in long-term care settings. A wet floor without a sign. A piece of equipment left in a hallway. A door that should be alarmed and isn't. The inspection report does not specify what inspectors found at Majestic Mountain Care Center, but the citation exists because something in this facility met the federal definition of an accident hazard, and something about the level of supervision residents were receiving fell short of what is required to keep them safe.
The facility sits in Oakhurst, a small community in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Madera County, roughly 15 miles south of the entrance to Yosemite National Park. For many residents, it is almost certainly the only nursing home nearby. Distance from urban centers often means distance from alternatives, and distance from alternatives means families have fewer choices about where to place someone they love.
What the inspection record shows, as of April 28, is a facility that was cited for a safety problem and has taken no documented steps to address it. Not a plan in progress. Not a timeline. Nothing.
The absence of a correction plan is its own kind of finding. It tells regulators, and the public, that the facility has not yet committed to fixing what inspectors said needed fixing. It tells the families of residents that the hazard identified during that April visit may still be present. It tells anyone considering placing a loved one at Majestic Mountain Care Center that the facility's response to a federal safety citation has, so far, been silence.
Inspectors will follow up. That is how the system works. But the follow-up has not happened yet, and in the meantime, the people who live at Majestic Mountain Care Center are still there, moving through the same spaces inspectors walked through in April, in a facility that has not said how it plans to make those spaces safer.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Majestic Mountain Care Center from 2026-04-28 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: Official federal inspection data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Last verified: August 5, 2026 · Our methodology
MAJESTIC MOUNTAIN CARE CENTER in OAKHURST, CA was cited for violations during a health inspection on April 28, 2026.
Federal health inspectors visited Majestic Mountain Care Center on April 28 as part of a complaint investigation.
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.