Incident investigation·July 12, 2022

On July 12, 2022, at 12:00 PM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Marie Hernandez, conducted an unannounced Case Management Inspection due to an incident with child #1. On 07/12/2022, the Department received the incident report from the facility for child #1. LPA met with the facility director, Virginia Andrade. The facility reported that on 07/11/2022 at 5:07 PM, child #1 fell and hit his forehead on the tile floor causing a slight nosebleed and a wound above the right eyebrow. The Director stated she immediately tended to child's needs, cleaned and iced the wound. The parent was contacted and took child to the doctor's. LPA conducted several interviews with the staff. Child #1 was not present at the facility today. The Director stated the parent advised her that child #1 received four stitches to the wound. The staff person stated at time of incident, there were two children with her (staff person) in the classroom. The staff person stated she observed child #1 crawling away towards the low to ground baby swing and child tried to climb into the baby swing. The staff person stated she tried to prevent the child from climbing into the baby swing but the child was quick and she (staff person) was unable to prevent the child from falling. Child #1 fell and hit his forehead on the floor. The child sustained a nosebleed and wound to the right eyebrow. The staff person stated she attempted to prevent the child's injury but child was too quick. LPA inspected the classroom and the baby swings for safety hazards. The incident requires further review due to insufficient information available at this time. An exit interview was conducted and the report was provided to the facility director, Virginia Andrade. The Notice of Site Visit was provided and posted by the Facility Director.