In Research Problems in Discrete Geometry by Peter Brass, William O. J. Moser, János Pach, in section 2.1 page 75, "Decomposition of multiple packings and coverings", problems with a similar flavour are listed, some with solutions, about covering of the plane with discs, or the space with spheres. Typically, for a covering $F$ of the space by unit spheres, such that for some $a$ (large enough), 
$$\{a\le F_x\le 2^{\tfrac{a}3-8}, \forall x\}$$
there always exists a partition $F=\tilde F\cup \hat F$ with $\{\tilde F_x\ge 1, \forall x\}$ and $\{\hat F_x\ge 1, \forall x\}$. A probabilistic proof uses the local Lovasz lemma.