Elevate Care Waukegan
ELEVATE CARE WAUKEGAN in WAUKEGAN, IL — inspection on November 19, 2025.
Found 1 citation. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
have burned areas in his right upper arm. 911 was called. A fire extinguisher was used to spray the ceiling to stop the fire. On 11/18/25 at 11 AM, V7 (Maintenance Director) said it was around 8:30 in the morning on 10/6/25, a code red was initiated indicating a fire on the 4th floor. V7 said he hurriedly went to 4th floor, staff have extinguished the fire. At this time, the fire alarm had been activated, and Fire Department arrived (EMS). EMS cleared the code red. R1 was transported to the hospital via 911. V7 said investigation shows the cause of the fire was a light fixture in the ceiling.
There was a loose contact that caused overheating and fire.
The light fixture was still the original one years ago. V7 said prior to the incident, the preventive maintenance was just to go around looking for broken bulbs and replacing them.
After this incident, (when R1 sustaining second degree burns) all the light fixtures have been checked.
All light fixtures have been replaced with LED lights. V7 said an Electrician Company came to check the facility.An electrician report, dated 10/6/25, showed, Called to the facility why a light fixture caught on fire.
Noticed that the plastic covering on the LED T8 bulb was melted and the end of the lamp was burnt (sic). We walked through the other residence (sic) room and took note of lamps that were not working but did not notice any arcing or discoloration on any of the other light fixture.On 11/19/25 at 9:30 AM, V1 (Administrator) said all lights were now in good working order and continue to educate staff to report any defective light fixture. V1 also said a reportable was sent to the state agency.The Facility Reported Incident sent to the state agency as final, dated 10/10/5, documents: On 10/6/25 at 8:30 AM, code red was initiated indicating a fire, staff immediately responded to the 4th floor room [ROOM NUMBER] (R1's room) During the code, staff retrieved fire extinguisher and put out the small flame. 911 was notified, fire department responded cleared the code red. (R1) was transported to the local hospital.
Initial root cause analysis showed the light fixture malfunction in (R1's) room, light fixture melted onto the bed of (R1).
Ballast connection to the light bulb became too hot and sparked.
All preventive maintenance was reviewed and note that there were no issues with any light bulb in the building, staff educated on what to do if observing a malfunctioning light fixture.The Facility Policy on Environmental Services, (undated) documents, to ensure that the facility is designed, equipped and maintained in accordance with all governing rules and regulations and standards.
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