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25 | On this date, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Gloria Reyes met with Director, Sarah Vinson for an unannounced Case Management- Incident inspection. LPA toured the facility and a census was taken. An Unusual Incident Report was submitted to the Fresno Community Care Licensing Office regarding an incident that occurred on 09/13/19, at approximately 9:35 AM, child #1 was hit in mouth with a wooden block by child #2. Child #1, sustained a chipped tooth.
On the day of the incident, LPA verified that there was 2 staff and 10 children present in the classroom. Child #2, was playing in the block area in the classroom. Child #1, walked over to the block area and took a block. Child #2, got upset and hit child #1 in the mouth with a block. Staff #1, was sitting at the kidney table when she observed child #2 raise his/her hand and the next second child #2 was holding his/her hand at his/her mouth. Staff #2, was at sitting at another table in front of child #1 and child #2 when the incident occurred. Staff #2, administered first aid and applied an ice pack on child #1's mouth. Child #1's parent was contacted and took the child to the dentist and x-rays confirmed that the nerve of the effected tooth was impacted. The parent was provided cream to put on the affected area in the mouth. The child was released, returned to the center and is doing fine.
Today, LPA observed the area where the injury took place and LPA did not observe any hazards. The Director informed LPA that since the incident she has removed all wooden toys from all the classrooms. Also, the Director has a meeting scheduled on 10/17/19, to discuss with her staff "zone positions in the classroom" and "class rules and redirection of children". The Director will provide licensing with a copy of the training agenda and sign-in sheet.
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