Care Recipient Strangled Underage Holiday Worker in Östersund

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Östersund Municipality must pay a corporate fine of 125,000 after an underage holiday worker was subjected to violence at a dementia care home. The municipality has accepted the fine for work environment violations.

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A 17-year-old summer worker at a dementia care home in Östersund was left alone with a resident who had previously attacked staff. Then the carer took a stranglehold around the teenager's neck. Now the municipality is forced to pay SEK 125,000 in fines for several violations of the occupational health and safety regulations.