Electrical Safety Deficiencies in Facility
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that live parts of electrical equipment were adequately guarded against accidental contact, as required by NFPA 70: National Electrical Code. During a Life Safety Code recertification survey, surveyors observed several deficiencies related to electrical installations. On the second floor, electrical cables were found hanging by the wall near a ramp in a resident-occupied area. In the basement's former rehabilitation room, live electrical cables were stored in a plastic bucket and left out in the open, and additional cables were seen hanging from the ceiling. These observations indicate a failure to maintain electrical installations in a neat and workmanlike manner, as well as a failure to guard live parts against accidental contact, posing potential safety hazards to residents and staff.
Plan Of Correction
Plan of Correction: Approved March 6, 2025 Pine(NAME) Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare provides this Plan Of Correction. 1. No Residents were affected by this deficient practice. 2. All residents have the potential to be affected by this deficient practice. 3. The electrical cables by the ramp have been covered and the facility will have the vendor onsite to discuss removing the cables. 4. The cables in the former Rehabilitation room have all been removed or covered up. 5. The EVS Director/designee will conduct an audit around the facility to identify any additional wiring that needs to be covered up. 6. The EVS Director will audit the facility every week for the first 4 weeks and then monthly for 3 months and then quarterly for up to a year to ensure all live electrical cables are covered. 7. The EVS Director/designee will present any findings in the quarterly QA/QAPI meetings. 8. The EVS Director/designee will be responsible to correct this deficiency.
Penalty
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