Incident investigation·August 10, 2021

On 08/10/2021 at 2:45 PM Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Dana Stevens conducted a case management inspection to follow up on an Unusual Incident. LPA met with Director Kristen Cobb and informed Director of the meeting’s purpose. There were 60 pre-schoolers supervised by 9 teachers. There were 14 school aged children supervised by 3 teachers. The facility is within Ratio/Capacity limitations. On 06/30/2021 at 3:30 PM Child 1 was playing on pre-school play structure when he fell from the swinging bar. Staff 1 was present supervising 12 children and was in ratio. Staff 1 was alerted to the incident by the other children and went directly to Child 1. Child 1 was on the ground below the play structure and was bleeding from the lower lip. Parent of Child 1 was immediately notified and Child 1 was taken to urgent care where the injury was treated with antibiotic ointment. Director reported the incident timely to Licensing department and the completed LIC 624 was received on 07/06/2021. LPA interviewed Director and Staff 1, who was present at the time of the incident. LPA reviewed the file of the child involved and inspected pre-school playground area and play structure. Based on inspection, staff interviews and file review incident was an accident. Facility staff notified parents and Licensing department timely and took appropriate measures to provide immediate care for the child. No Deficiencies cited. An exit interview was conducted and a copy of this report, appeal rights and Notice of Site Visit were provided to Director. The Notice of Site Visit (LIC 9213) is to be posted for thirty (30) days.