Grove City YMCA Early Education Center

The refrigerator in Room #9 was lacking an operating thermometer to ensure the refrigerator is holding temperature at 45 degrees F.

Room #9 was lacking a posted emergency transportation plan.

The criminal history clearance on file for Facility Person #1 was incomplete and therefore invalid. The current child abuse clearance on file for Facility Person #2 was completed more than 60 months after the previous child abuse clearance.

The letter to the parents explaining the emergency plan did not include the accommodations or reference the annual emergency drill.

There was an area of damaged plaster on the wall in the Pre-K nap room behind the dramatic play area. There was peeling paint / damaged plaster on the wall behind a handwashing sink in Room 2. There were two small areas of peeling paint in Room 1 - one on the wall between the door and the chalkboard, and one on the wall by the door to the storage closet near a sink.

The health assessment on file for child #1 did not include a statement that age-appropriate screenings recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics were conducted since the time of the previous health report required by this section.

Staff in the young toddler room were observed manually lifting a lid on a trash can to dispose of a soiled diaper after a diaper change rather than use the receptacle's hands-free mechanism.

The current health assessment on file for Facility Person #3 was completed more than 24 months after the previous health assessment on file.

There were no written nonfamily references on file for Facility Person #2.

The facility's emergency plan does not include a plan for continuity of operations in an emergency.

The letter provided to the parents explaining the emergency plan does not include the program's plan for a lockdown.

There was an exit door propped open, near the library. There was no screen door at this exit.

The current health assessment on file for child #4, an infant, was completed more than 6 months after the prior health assessment on file.

There was no documentation of a current flu vaccine (recommended annually by the ACIP) on file for children #1, #2, and #3.

According to staff statements and documentation in the classroom, there was a child in Room 10 whose diaper was changed at 8:15 am, and then next checked and changed again at 10:50 AM.

The initial health assessment on file for child #2 did not include a statement that the child is able to participate in child care and appears to be free from contagious or communicable disease.

Facility Persons #2, #3, #4, and #6 have not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire (see IS code sheet): Acceptable Health and Safety training. Facility Person #1 completed the training more than 90 days after starting.

The current staff evaluations on file for Facility Persons #3, #5, and #6 were completed more than 12 moths after the previous evaluations.

Facility was operating with children in care while the indoor temperature at the facility was below 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

Construction debris including metal poles, carpet remnants, and boxes of plank flooring were present in a hallway used by children in care. The materials were stored on each side of the hallway limiting the space to move freely and causing the potential for tripping or material falling and potentially which could have resulted in blunt force injuries.

In the 2nd-4th grade room, in an area accessible to children in care, several A/V cables that were secured at both ends were observed. Said cables present a strangulation hazard.

A toilet in the women's restroom located in the hallway of the school age side of the building was observed to have one exposed, upwardly facing bolt at the base of the toilet. A toilet in the K-1st grade room was observed to have two exposed, upwardly facing bolts on each side of the base of the toilet. Each noted area of concern are accessible to children in care and pose a puncture and/or laceration hazard.

In the 2nd-4th grade room, several metal brackets securing the heating/cooling system that runs the length of the room were observed to have sharp edges. Additionally, metal brackets that will eventually serve to secure an LCD panel were observed to have sharp edges. Noted areas of concern are accessible to children in care and pose a laceration and/or puncture injury hazard.

In the 2nd-4th grade room, an approximately 4'x2' metal shelf was observed to have a sharply pointed protrusion along the edge of the bottom of the shelf. In the school age hallway women's restroom, an approximately 3'x2' freestanding wooden table was observed to have an exposed nail on the underside of the tabletop. In the K-1st grade room, an approximately 3' round wooden table was observed to have exposed bolts on the underside of the table where each of the four table legs attached to the tabletop. On the door to the girl's restroom on the toddler side of the building, the wooden trim around the vent towards the bottom of the door was broken on one of the four trim pieces leaving a jagged, splintering edge. In the PreK room, an approximately 4'x2' bulleting board framed in aluminum was observed to have a sharp edge at the lower left joint of the framing. All of the above noted areas of concern were observed in areas accessible to children in care, and each presented the risk of causing puncture and/or laceration injuries.

An approximately 12" in diameter hole was observed in the outside grassy play space in an area accessible to children in care that, if stepped in, could cause an bone or muscle injury.

Two restrooms that will be used by children in care located in the hallway each contained toilets that had exposed, protruding bolts near the toilet base that could cause puncture and/or laceration injury.

The full length glass panels of the egress of the library lacked visual identifiers to assist in preventing a child from inadvertently walking/running into the glass, which could result in a blunt force injury.

An approximately 2'x1' metal wire mesh shelf in the School Age 2nd-4th grade room was observed to have a broken wire with an exposed sharp edge that could result in puncture and/or laceration injury. Two exposed, protruding screws (head side out) were observed on the inside of an approximately 3' high wooden refrigerator used by children in care. Contact with said screws could cause laceration injury.