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25 | On September 15, 2021 at 11:18AM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Brigitte Tsutaoka conducted an unannounced Case Management - Incident inspection. LPA disclosed the purpose of inspection and was greeted by Assistant Director who took LPA's temperature and permitted entry into the facility. At 11:40AM, Director Michelle Duprey met with LPA and guided LPA on a tour of the facility. LPA counted 30 children in care with 7 staff, confirmed on association list. LPA observed children during nap and while eating their lunch.
During inspection, LPA conducted staff and child interviews. Child 1 was running on the playground while playing a game of "Chase" with 3 other children. Child 1 ran to the outdoor play structure steps, tripped over the first step and hit his head on the second step, resulting in a laceration right below his right eyebrow. Staff 2, who was located in the corner adjacent to the sandbox next to planters observed Child 1 running to the play structure and trip on the first step. Staff 2 did not observe Child 1 make contact with the step, but she did observe him fall down. Staff 2 immediately began walking toward Child 1 as Child 1 got up and began walking toward Staff 2. Child 1 was holding his head as he walked over and once he removed his hand, Staff 2 and Child 1 observed the blood and injury.
Staff 2 request Child 1 hold his hand over his injury while they walk to the office. Staff 2 and Child 1 were intercepted by Staff 3 and Staff 4 who were cleaning the Gym Classroom. Staff 2, Staff 3, Staff 4, and Child 1 walked to the office together. Staff 3 and Staff 4 cleaned the laceration and spoke with Child 1 to calm him down. Staff 2 returned to the playground to check for/clean up any spilled blood and continue to provide supervision to the children outside. During that time, Staff 2 stated there were an additional 3 staff outside to provide supervision to the children playing on the playground. |