Pennsylvania Department of Health
UNIONTOWN HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER
Building Inspection Results

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UNIONTOWN HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER - Inspection Results	Scope of Citation Number of Residents Affected By Deficient Practice

Initial comments:Name: - Component: -- - Tag: 0000

Based on an Emergency Preparedness Survey completed on August 12, 2024, at Uniontown Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, it was determined there were no deficiencies identified with the requirements of 42 CFR 483.73.

Plan of Correction:

Initial comments:Name: MAIN BUILDING 01 - Component: 01 - Tag: 0000

Facility ID #062802
Component 01
Main Building

Based on a Medicare/Medicaid Recertification Survey completed on August 12, 2024, it was determined that Uniontown Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center was not in compliance with the following requirements of the Life Safety Code for an existing healthcare occupancy. Compliance with the National Fire Protection Association's Life Safety Code is required by 42 CFR 483.90(a).

This is a one-story, Type V (000), unprotected, wood frame building, without a basement, that is fully sprinklered.

Plan of Correction:

NFPA 101 STANDARD Hazardous Areas - Enclosure:

This is a less serious (but not lowest level) deficiency and affects more than a limited number of residents, staff, or occurrences. This deficiency is one that results in minimal discomfort to the resident or has the potential (not yet realized) to negatively affect the resident's ability to achieve his/her highest functional status. This deficiency was not found to be throughout this facility.

Hazardous Areas - Enclosure
Hazardous areas are protected by a fire barrier having 1-hour fire resistance rating (with 3/4 hour fire rated doors) or an automatic fire extinguishing system in accordance with 8.7.1 or 19.3.5.9. When the approved automatic fire extinguishing system option is used, the areas shall be separated from other spaces by smoke resisting partitions and doors in accordance with 8.4. Doors shall be self-closing or automatic-closing and permitted to have nonrated or field-applied protective plates that do not exceed 48 inches from the bottom of the door.
Describe the floor and zone locations of hazardous areas that are deficient in REMARKS.
19.3.2.1, 19.3.5.9

Area Automatic Sprinkler Separation N/A
a. Boiler and Fuel-Fired Heater Rooms
b. Laundries (larger than 100 square feet)
c. Repair, Maintenance, and Paint Shops
d. Soiled Linen Rooms (exceeding 64 gallons)
e. Trash Collection Rooms
(exceeding 64 gallons)
f. Combustible Storage Rooms/Spaces
(over 50 square feet)
g. Laboratories (if classified as Severe
Hazard - see K322)

Observations:
Name: MAIN BUILDING 01 - Component: 01 - Tag: 0321

Based on observation and interview, it was determined the facility failed to maintain hazardous area enclosures in one instance, affecting one of eight smoke compartments.

Findings include:

1. Observation on August 12, 2024, at 10:10 a.m., revealed the facility failed to maintain the required one-hour fire rating in the HR office. The office is greater than fifty square feet in size and is being used to house combustible storage (files in cardboard storage boxes), the door to the office is not equipped with a self-closing device.

Interview with the Assistant Administrator and the Maintenance Supervisor and Facility Staff on August 12, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., confirmed the listed hazardous area enclosure deficiency.

Plan of Correction - To be completed: 09/10/2024

1. Storage boxes removed from Human Resources office and placed in a designated storage room.
2. Maintenance/designee will audit facility rooms to ensure that storage boxes are in a designated storage room.
3. Maintenance/designee will educate facility staff on storage boxes are to be placed in designated storage room.
4. Maintenance/designee will audit 10 rooms 3 x week x 2 months to ensure storage boxes are being stored in designated storage rooms.Audit results will be reviewed in Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Committee x 2 months.

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