Gas Equipment - Cylinder and Container Storage Greater than or equal to 3,000 cubic feet Storage locations are designed, constructed, and ventilated in accordance with 5.1.3.3.2 and 5.1.3.3.3. >300 but <3,000 cubic feet Storage locations are outdoors in an enclosure or within an enclosed interior space of non- or limited- combustible construction, with door (or gates outdoors) that can be secured. Oxidizing gases are not stored with flammables, and are separated from combustibles by 20 feet (5 feet if sprinklered) or enclosed in a cabinet of noncombustible construction having a minimum 1/2 hr. fire protection rating. Less than or equal to 300 cubic feet In a single smoke compartment, individual cylinders available for immediate use in patient care areas with an aggregate volume of less than or equal to 300 cubic feet are not required to be stored in an enclosure. Cylinders must be handled with precautions as specified in 11.6.2. A precautionary sign readable from 5 feet is on each door or gate of a cylinder storage room, where the sign includes the wording as a minimum "CAUTION: OXIDIZING GAS(ES) STORED WITHIN NO SMOKING." Storage is planned so cylinders are used in order of which they are received from the supplier. Empty cylinders are segregated from full cylinders. When facility employs cylinders with integral pressure gauge, a threshold pressure considered empty is established. Empty cylinders are marked to avoid confusion. Cylinders stored in the open are protected from weather. 11.3.1, 11.3.2, 11.3.3, 11.3.4, 11.6.5 (NFPA 99)
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Observations: Name: MAIN BUILDING 01 - Component: 01 - Tag: 0923
Based on observation and interview, it was determined the facility failed to ensure precautionary signs were installed; and ensure oxygen cylinders stored within rooms, were distanced from combustible materials / ignition sources in one of three levels within this component.
Findings include:
1. Observation made on November 18, 2025, between 10:15 a.m., and 2:15 p.m., revealed all cylinder storage locations throughout the component lacked regulation approved precautionary signage that read "CAUTION: OXIDIZING GAS(ES) STORED WITHIN NO SMOKING.".
Exit Interview with the Administrator, Regional and Local Maintenance Directors on November 18, 2025, at 2:30 PM, confirmed that doors lacked the regulation approved precautionary signage.
2. Observation made on November 18, 2025, between 10:15 a.m., and 2:15 p.m., revealed within the 400 Oxygen Storage room, oxygen cylinders were stored less than five feet from electrical receptacles and Hoyer Lift battery charging stations.
Exit Interview with the Administrator, Regional and Local Maintenance Directors on November 18, 2025, at 2:30 PM, confirmed that the cylinders were stored less than five feet from combustible / ignition sources.
| | Plan of Correction - To be completed: 11/21/2025
1.New signage that reads "CAUTION: OXIDIXZING GAS(ES) STORED WITHIN NO SMOKING" have been placed on all cylinder storage location doors. The oxygen cylinders within the 400 oxygen storage room have been moved so they are not within five feet from electrical receptables. 2.NHA/Designee will educate the maintenance director on the requirement for the oxygen Storage room signage and ensuring oxygen cylinders remain at least five feet away electrical receptacles. 3.The maintenance director/designee will audit the doors to the oxygen Storage rooms in the facility to ensure they have the correct signage and that no cylinders are within five feet of the electrical receptacles. 4.The NHA/Designee will audit oxygen storage rooms weekly x4, then monthly x2 to ensure they have the proper signage and that no cylinders are within five feet of any electrical receptacles. Report of Audit will be reported in monthly QA meeting.
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