Accident at nursery

VfM4meplse

Would you expect a child to have an accident whilst supervised at a nursery? Aside from informing the parents asap, and noting it in the accident book, is there any requirement to look at the circumstances and put additional saftey precautions in place?

pollypenny

I'm sure there will be extra safety assessments which can be made.

DS is H & S manager for a huge site. The on-site crèche is part of his remit.

That's in the USA, though.

pigpen

they are just as likely to have an accident there as anywhere else.. depends what the accident was.. but it should be in the accident book whatever it was. I dont think parents need notifying immediately unless it is serious.. just routine bumps and scrapes and bloody noses are to be expected if children are allowed to play and express themselves and find their limitations.

If they fell off the top of a 6ft cupboard then yes there should be additional safety measures taken but if they fell over while dashing about then no.. its difficult to say without knowing what accident it is.

lush_walrus

Accidents are understandable, my daughters were continually bashing something. However if it were negligent then I would expect change. Our friends daughter was burnt on an iron at nursery, it was left unattended and she touched it. The staff member responsible was sacked and iron removed (it had been brought in to iron on to t shirts names)

Hermia

I agree that without knowing the circumstances it is hard to say. I think it would depend if the child was at 'fault' at all. If a child is very boisterous and determined to do what they want I am not sure what could be done and they would probably just be as prone to accidents at home.

My friend's little girl was injured at nursery. A little boy wanted her toy and he picked up a toy drum and kept smashing her in the face with it. The staff saw immediately and got him off her, but he still managed to hit her a few times in the time it took for the staff to run over. It certainly wasn't the staff's fault as they acted as quickly as they could.

tomtontom

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Would you expect a child to have an accident whilst supervised at a nursery? Aside from informing the parents asap, and noting it in the accident book, is there any requirement to look at the circumstances and put additional saftey precautions in place?

Children have accidents whilst being supervised by their parents, why not at a nursery?

Andypandyboy

As has been said, it depends whether it can be categorised as an accident or whether with more careful supervision/other action it could have been prevented.

VfM4meplse

tomtontom wrote: »

Children have accidents whilst being supervised by their parents, why not at a nursery?

She doesn't have accidents under my supervision, is allowed to roam freely on thick carpet, play with whatever she wants to but I have made sure that the areas she accesses in my home are hazard-free.

We're paying a small fotune for a nursery - self-appointed professionals - to keep her safe from avoidable harm. What's really got my goat is that the implausable narrative given. I'll get to the bottom of it soon but this thread is to let off steam more than anything. I am not interested in the services of amateurs pretending to be responsible adults :mad:

HurdyGurdy

But you still haven't said what the nature of the accident was, so it's difficult for anyone to venture an opinion.

If you are really that steamed up about "amateurs pretending to be responsible adults" then you should inform Ofsted.

And you must be the only parent I have ever heard of whose child has NEVER had an accident, no matter how minor.

Poppie68

A child can have an accident in the presence of their parents no matter how mollycoddled they are... My 3 had plenty of lumps and bumps in nursery and school, unless the ratio is one to one and literally hand held the nursery nurse is not able to prevent every single potential accident.

Poppie68

VfM4meplse wrote: »

She doesn't have accidents under my supervision, is allowed to roam freely on thick carpet, play with whatever she wants to but I have made sure that the areas she accesses in my home are hazard-free.

We're paying a small fotune for a nursery - self-appointed professionals - to keep her safe from avoidable harm. What's really got my goat is that the implausable narrative given. I'll get to the bottom of it soon but this thread is to let off steam more than anything. I am not interested in the services of amateurs pretending to be responsible adults :mad:

You obviously look down on these 'amateurs' so why are you leaving your child in their care?