Here at COL the old asphalt pavement between the kitchen and dry storage room had lots of holes, broken up areas and was very rough. This would cause standing water and frozen spots to slip and trip on. During a safety check of the facility the issues were noted in the report. IDOC approved the replacement of the old asphalt. Concrete was installed and now it is properly graded for drainage and free of holes. This has saved a potential slip trip and fall incident and created a safe handicap parking area for wheelchair use.
We had an issue with putting boxes to close to the ceiling in the dry storage area. I corrected this by putting small lines on the walls to show how far from the ceiling boxes must be stored. This small intervention has kept us fire safety compliant by keeping boxes far enough from the ceiling by using the lines and not guessing the distance from the ceiling as we did before.
We have floor tiles that have come loose, and the next layer of asbestos tiles are coming up too. This has created a tripping hazard where we serve the juice in the chow hall. A work order request was submitted. I showed the contract monitor the missing tiles in the chow hall and it was reported in the quarterly audit. IDOC has approved the work order. Next month all the tiles in the chow hall are being removed and concrete sealer will be applied giving us a new floor and removing the tripping and asbestos hazard.
