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Accident report form

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RiverUp · 05/01/2022 19:08

The other day my 2 year old came running into me and caught my nail on near his nose and small left with a small cut. The nursery asked what happened and said I should complete an accident report form.

I have never experienced this before and he's very active and has had a few cuts and bruises in the past and they have never said anything. Just feeling a bit bad about it now but has anyone experienced completing forms for minor accidents such as this?

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OppsUpsSide · 05/01/2022 19:10

Who is the form for?

PotteringAlong · 05/01/2022 19:10

Yup. In the 9 years I had 3 children at nursery (from the oldest starting at 10 months old when I went back to work until the youngest one left to go to school) I was no stranger to the accident at home form…

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RiverUp · 05/01/2022 19:11

I have to complete for my son

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Adododadahdahdah · 05/01/2022 19:12

Came running into you because you work at the nursery?

If not & it happened at home that is really odd

Jojobees · 05/01/2022 19:12

My also 2 year old is sporting a very similar sounding nose scratch his was self inflicted trying to stop me lateral flow testing him.
Preschool asked me to complete a form stating it happened at home and I was aware of it.
I think it’s to safeguard themselves so as not to be accused of an injury happening whislt in their care that they can’t explain.

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RiverUp · 05/01/2022 19:14

@Adododadahdahdah

Came running into you because you work at the nursery?

If not & it happened at home that is really odd

No this happened at home and that's why I was a little surprised that I needed to fill out a form

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Lacedwithgrace · 05/01/2022 19:18

Have they explained to you why they do accident forms? It's to keep a record of accidents in case your child's history every needs to be looked at. It's just so they would notice if they were repeatedly coming in with scratches or bruises. Injuries, including tiny scratches, to the head are taken seriously just in case a bruise forms or your child later has a serious injury, they'll know the scratch was unrelated

WisestIsShe · 05/01/2022 19:21

It's not odd at all. 1) it proves the injury was not sustained while in their care. 2) it may help build a picture of some poor child's life, if they are suffering a higher than normal number of at home injuries.
It is definitely not personal

wineandcheeseplease · 05/01/2022 19:21

Totally normal to fill in an accident at home form

fedup078 · 05/01/2022 19:24

I've had to fill one in whenever he goes into nursery with a bump
It's for you to sign to say it happened outside the nursery so that you can't turn round an accuse them basically

chelev9 · 05/01/2022 19:24

@RiverUp

The nursery are just covering their own back as it's visible on his face. Nothing to worry about 😊

Lindy2 · 05/01/2022 19:27

It's very standard procedure.

The main reason is that it proves it didn't happen at the nursery and the child arrived in the morning with the cut on his face. It's simply to protect the nursery staff from false accusations rather than any issue that a child sustained a bit of a cut from a minor accident at home.

Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese · 05/01/2022 19:27

Yup, completely normal. Ds split his chin/lip at my parents a few months back, ended up in a&e having it glued. Went to nursery next day, told them what happened. As there were a few parents there, manager asked me to pop the details across by email and they'd do the form for me to sign upon collection, which we did.
I was told about accident at home forms when I filled in his paperwork, I hadn't considered it safeguarding, I thought it was a back covering exercise incase a parent claimed an injury they'd not been informed of. But what pp said about repeat incidents makes more sense really.

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RiverUp · 05/01/2022 19:29

I was abit worried, just made me feel even more bad about it than I already do but appreciate that my nursery is on the lookout for these things

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mynameiscalypso · 05/01/2022 19:31

I had to fill in one when DS had a patch of eczema on his leg. That seemed a little OTT!

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 05/01/2022 19:34

It's simply that a record of injuries is necessary should they ever be questioned. I had enough 'blue forms' to wallpaper a room when my two were small, believed ne!

RedWingBoots · 05/01/2022 19:36

@mynameiscalypso

I had to fill in one when DS had a patch of eczema on his leg. That seemed a little OTT!

Not really.

Some eczema looks terrible or can get worse.

itsgettingweird · 05/01/2022 20:50

Normal.

It's so they have a record for themselves it was an incident at home and have your word in writing that you also agree it happened at home.

insancerre · 08/01/2022 06:45

It’s part of the safeguarding policy and I can give you the background to why this is now standard procedure
A child was murdered by his step father, he was pushed down the stairs.
During the post mortem it was discovered he was literally covered in bruises and past injuries.
The step father claimed all the injuries happened at nursery.
The police visited the nursery and closed them down whilst investigating, but there was no evidence of any accident forms for the injuries.
There were also no forms for the injuries the child was sustaining at home.
It’s chilling to think that had the nursery been more aware and recorded the child’s injuries, his life may have been saved.
This is why it is now standard procedure to record pre existing injuries.
Most times they just get filed away but they can be used as evidence in cases of child abuse.

jannier · 08/01/2022 10:50

Existing injuries forms have been part of requirement for over 20 years. They protect the nursery from any alkergation, its part of safegaurding. Maybe yours dosent use them for every bruise like knee bruses but they should.

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