Incident investigation·May 28, 2025

On 04/7/2025 at 1:17 p.m. Licensing Program Analyst (LPA)Doris Whitmore conducted an unannounced visit for conducting a Case Management Inspection for an incident that occurred on 03/14/2025. and was reported to the Regional Office. LPA met with Site Supervisor, Norma Izcuar and informed the nature of the visit. At the time of the visit there were 45 children and 9 teachers. According to the UIR During circle time C1 slipped and fell, hitting the corner of the table and injuring his right eyelid, causing a cut that that made him bleed incident occurred in the classroom. LPA Whitmore interviewed S1 and C2 During the visit Site Supervisor shared that C1 has transferred to another facility. C1 transferred on 03/18/2025. LPA Whitmore called the parent of C1 and there was no answer. LPA Whitmore left a message and contact information. During the interview S1 stated that right before C1 fell when leaving group circle time to pick his individual choice time. to play. S1 was able to show LPA Whitmore where the child fell. The parent was notified, and first aid was administered and a copy of the incident report was given to the parent. Mom verbally told S1 that she took C1 to urgent care and was advised to follow up with his primary care physician. On 05/05/2025 LPA Whitmore conducted a collateral visit to C1 \342\200\231s home to interview. LP attempted to interview C1, who did not respond to questions asked by LPA. Parent of C1 was interviewed as well. Parent told LPA that C1 got a cut in the upper right corner of the eye.Then when LPA asked if C1 needed to go to urgent care, staff said they couldn\342\200\231t tell me that, I just needed to pick C1 up. Dad went to pick C1 up. It took 30 minutes to get an incident report from the center filled out. Parent had to wait for the incident report, staff would not let him leave without it. By the time we got to urgent care the doctor told us it was too late to stich it up. When I called the school, I asked them what happened and what occurred no one could tell me. I asked for pictures; it took them almost 20 to 30 minutes to get me the picture. When I received the picture, my husband was already at the school. During the interview, LPA Whitmore asked the parent, if she had any documentation from the doctor. The parent stated that she could request it. To date parent has not submitted documentation. Based on interviews conducted and information obtained, there was nothing observed in the area to have caused the child to fall. S1 was present providing visual supervision but was unable to prevent the child from falling. Therefore, there are no deficiencies being cited. A copy of this report along with the notice of site visit were issued to Site Supervisor, Norma Izucar.