Incident investigation·August 25, 2025

On 08/ 25/20025 Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Doris Whitmore, conducted a case management inspection to follow up on and close out the unusual incident, reported to the department by telephone on 05/21/2025. LPA met with Site Supervisor and toured the facility. LPA Whitmore observed xx children with 22 teachers. S1: stated I went to the playground to see how many children I had left. So, I was told that (C1) had fallen and hit her mouth on the rail while running up the steps and she slipped. When I examine her, I did not see blood in her mouth so an accident report was written out. There were three teachers on the playground. The sister that picked her up. The sister knew about the incident the same time I knew. The sister was told what happened and signed the accident part. Ice pack was given for first aid. S2: stated I did not witness her fall. Another child came to me and said she was crying. I asked her what happened, but she never told me what happened and the reason why she was crying (S2) stated I did not physically see her fall. I was cleaning her mouth and (S3) brought her to me with blood in her mouth. Took her to the classroom and cleaned her mouth with water. I told her to rinse. I ask her what happened? As I was cleaning, she said I was running up the stairs and hit myself the pole. (S3) was stationed on the right side of the yard. (S4) found out from FSA (Family Service Advocate when she received the phone call she immediately notified me at 2:00p.m. when the parent called. The parent was requesting an extra copy of the incident report. Her daughter took the original copy. ( S4) stated at that the time she was at the office. Ms. Claudia notified her about the incident that happened. (S1) went to check the child. (S1) stated that she did not see the child bleeding or anything. After that, the sister of the child showed up and (S1) explained to the sister what happened. (C1) left. I went to interview (S2) (S3) and stated that the child missed the stair. The c child hit her mouth. On 06/06/2025 LPA Whitmore had ( S2) and ( S3) demonstrate on the playground where they were standing, Child Demonstration On 06/06/2025 Licensing Prgram Analyst( LPA) Doris Whitmore went outside to the playground with ( C1).( C1) was able to show LPA Whitmore where she fell at and hit her mouth. ( C1) pointed to the rail that you hold on to walk to the structure. ( S3) Demonstration (S3) was able to show LPA Whitmore where she was standing. ( S3) was standing by a table inside the bike trail and that the kids were not showing and stated she was telling them to share. ( S2 Demonstration) ( S2) was able to show LPA Whitmore where she was standing at on the playground, ( S3) walked around the entire playground in a circle. ( S3) stated that she when she stopped at where she started one of the students brought( C1) that was crying and she asked her what happened and ( C1) never told ( S2) what happened.(S2) pointed to where C1 was running at. LPA Whitmore concluded this case management incident visit. No Title 22 violations have occurred and no deficiencies cited. A notice of site visit was given and posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with Site Supervisor. Aida Escobar