Special Investigation Report # 2013D0929010

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II. ALLEGATION(S) • Child A (male, age 4) has been repeatedly hurt while in care at the center. A few months ago Child A received a cut to his arm alleged to be from a sharp object in the classroom. • On 5/2/2013 Child A had a bucket of sand dumped on his head by another child. • On 5/3/2013 Child A was observed with a red mark in between his eyes alleged from him falling. • On 5/6/2013 Child A was observed with a knot on his head, scratches on his nose and his top lip alleged from him pushing a toy and the toy stopped, which caused him to fall and hit the concrete. III. METHODOLOGY 05/13/2013 Special Investigation Intake 2013D0929010 05/13/2013 Special Investigation Initiated - Telephone Interview w/ Child A's mother 05/13/2013 Contact - Telephone call made Call to A. Lawrence, DHS supv. 05/14/2013 Inspection Completed On-site Interview w/ director Michelle Sharp and caregivers (12:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.) 05/14/2013 Contact Document received - pictures of Child A’s injuries 05/22/2013 Contact Telephone call made- vmessage left for Child A’s mother 06/03/2013 Contact Telephone call received-vmessage from Child A’s mother 06/05/2013 Contact Telephone call made- interview with Child A’s mother 07/23/2013 Contact Telephone call made-message for Ms. Sharp 07/24/2013 Exit Conference w/ Ms. Sharp via telephone 2
ALLEGATION: Child A (male, age 4) has been repeatedly hurt while in care at the center. A few months ago Child A received a cut to his arm alleged to be from a sharp object in the classroom. INVESTIGATION: On May 13, 2013, I interviewed Child A’s mother regarding this incident. She stated that sometime in March of 2013 when she arrived at the center to pick up Child A at 3:30 p.m., she observed a linear cut near Child A’s wrist area which vertically extended halfway up his arm. She was given an incident report which stated that at 10:15 a.m. Child A scraped his right arm on a sharp edge of a plastic container of blocks. Child A’s mother was upset that the center did not call her to report the injury to her child. When she questioned the caregiver about the injury and requested to see what he cut his wrist on, she was told that they had already thrown it out. Child A’s mother stated that his arm was not bleeding when she arrived, and she did not seek any medical treatment for his arm, but the cut left a permanent mark on his arm. Child A’s mother stated that she did not question Child A about the injury and stated that he has a speech delay and probably wouldn’t have been able to make a complete sentence to explain what happened to him. On May 14, 2013, I interviewed Melissa Sharp, program director, regarding the allegation. Ms. Sharp stated that she was aware of the injury, but Child A’s caregiver was Mary Tomlinson who could provide more detailed information pertaining to the injury. Ms. Sharp provided the accident report which indicated that the injury occurred on February 19, 2013 at 10:15 a.m. The report stated Child A scraped his right arm on a sharp edge of a plastic container holding building blocks. The scratch was approximately 6 inches long, and the container was immediately discarded. There is a section on the form entitled, “Parent Notification”, which was left blank. Ms. Sharp confirmed that the parent was not verbally notified for this incident and stated that the center has a policy to only notify parents by phone when there is an injury to the face or head. If the injury is not severe parents are notified at pick-up time. Child A’s mother usually arrives at 3:00 p.m. Ms. Sharp denied any issues or concerns with the level of supervision that is provided by Ms. Tomlinson. She denied that the center has ever had any staffing issues that would interfere with supervision of children. Ms. Sharp stated that there is always an extra caregiver in each room. 3
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