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25 | On 01/03/2024 at 2:10 PM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Raymond Moorehead arrived at the facility to conduct a case management inspection. LPA met with Center Director Mariana Mitroi. A case management inspection was conducted in response to the receipt of an Unusual Incident Report (UIR) from the Center Director. The UIR was received by the licensing agency on 10/18/2023. The reported incident took place on 10/12/2023. The UIR documented an incident where a child jumped to grab a monkey bar ring, fell on the sand, landed on their bottom, and braced the fall with their arm/wrist. The incident resulted in the child receiving medical attention the next day.
During today's visit, LPA investigated the outdoor play area where the incident took place, Center Director was interviewed, a tour/census was taken, and the following was discussed and/or observed.
This was a self reported incident by the facility. During today's inspection, LPA observed the monkey bars to be lowered which provides children with a more safe landing distance. Center Director stated that the work for lowering the monkey bars was completed during the week of 10/23/2023. LPA also observed the playground's sand to have adequate cushion. Center Director stated that the sand was rotattelled in order to give children extra cushion in which was completed on 12/21/2023.
Director also stated that the incident was visually supervised by all teachers that were outside during the time of the incident.
Based on the information obtained, there appeared to be no violations of Title 22 Regulations pertaining to the reported incident at this time. LPA conducted an exit interview with Center Director Mariana Mitroi, and provided a copy of this report. A Notice of Site Visit was issued and must remain posted for the next 30 days.
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