Incident investigation·December 2, 2021

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Rachel Zeron and Licensing Program Manager (LPM) Stephanie Hudak arrived at the facility to follow up on an unusual incident that was submitted by the facility November 10, 2021. LPA met with Director Jacqueline Howe. LPA took census, conducted interviews and toured the facility where the incident occurred. Per the Director November 1, 2021 at approximately 2:35pm there were 25 children in care under the supervision of 6 staff members on the playground. Child #1 while trying to climb across to the next Stepping pod (play structure) the child missed the next pod, as a result the child fell off the landing on their left arm. The child was transported to the health office, first aide/ice provided. Child #1 was picked up from the facility by their authorized representative. Later in the evening the child's parent took the child to the Urgent care and could not be diagnosed at that time. On November 11th, Child #1 was diagnosed with a fractured left arm. Per the Director Child #1 is anticipated to return to the facility on December 13,2021. Staff #1 was present and witnessed the incident but could not foresee child #1 falling, and landing on their left arm. Based on the information obtained during the visit, as well as an inspection of the play structure there appeared to be no violations of Title 22 Regulations pertaining to the reported incident. An exit interview was held with Director Jacqueline Howe. No deficiency cited at this time. A notice of site visit was provided and required to be posted for the next 30 days.