Incident investigation·May 8, 2024

An unannounced case management inspection was conducted today at 9:00 am by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Sydney Sims and Tammy Dutra. LPAs met with facility representative Naomi Suarez. In response to an Unusual Incident Report received by the Department on 4/9/24 where a child (C1) who was swinging on the bars of a play ground set slipped and hit their head and received 3 staples. The facility representative was interviewed on 5/8/24 at 9:27am and stated that on 4/8/24 at 1:45pm child C1 was outside playing on the play structure and was swinging on the the bars above the stairs, C1 was told multiple times to stop swinging but would not stop. Facility representative stated that the child was under the supervision on at least four teachers. Two staff were interviewed on 5/8/24 and S1- S2 stated that C1 was under the supervision of four to five teachers and was told to stop swinging on the bars but did not stop swinging resulting in C1 falling and hitting their head. One Child (C1) was interviewed on 5/8/24 and C1 stated that C1 was swinging on the bars on the play structure and slipped off the bars. C1 stated that there was multiple teachers and children present during the time of the incident. One Parent (P1) was interviewed on 5/8/24 and P1 stated that P1 believes that the incident could not have been prevented. P1 stated that P1 has no concerns with the supervision or safety of C1 During today’s inspection, the facility was toured LPA observed 14 children in care There were no deficiencies cited during today’s inspection. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the facility representative.