YMCA of Greater PGH/Ohara Elementary

3270.124(c) Each child care space

“SECOND CITATION. An emergency contact form was not present for child #1, a school age child, participating in swimming activity at the time of the inspection. FACILITY PREVIOUSLY CITED ON 7.2.26.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 27, 2026

3270.31(e)(4)(iv) Water safety

“On July 16, 2026, Staff Person #1 was observed to be participating in swimming activity and responsible for 5 school age children. The facility was unable to provide verification that Staff Person #1 had received water safety instruction from a certified lifeguard prior to participation and being assigned responsibility for children engaged in swimming activity.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 20, 2026

3270.14/3270.21 Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety

“Sunscreens, labeled Keep Out of Reach of Children, were observed in the grassy area at the park area across from street from the pool where school age children were waiting for their turn to swim. The sunscreens were accessible to the children.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 8, 2026

3270.124(c) Each child care space

“Emergency contact forms were not present in the pool area where 12 school age children were receiving care. The emergency contact forms were with a separate group of 24 school age children at the park across the street from the pool area. The emergency contact forms were then brought to the pool area with the second group of school agers who went to swim, which resulted in school age children being at the park without emergency contact forms present.”

3270.113(a)(1) Staff assigned to specific children

“Staff Person #1 and #2 were observed to be caring for 24 school age children at the park across from the swimming pool. Staff Person #1 identified being responsible for 12 school age children and used identification tags to show their group. Using the tags, Staff Person #1 reported that they did not know who the one child was from the group. They also identified another child as someone who was later identified by Staff Person #2 as one of their children. It was confirmed that the child they both identified was actually in Staff Person #2's group which meant that Staff Person #1 had not identified one of their children.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 10, 2026

3270.115(a)(6) Lifeguard training/supervision

“The facility was scheduled to participate in swimming from 1pm-2:30pm. At approximately 2pm, another YMCA program was observed to arrive at the swimming pool. It was reported that Staff Person #3, the designated lifeguard for the facility, would also be the designated lifeguard to the other YMCA facility at the same time. Each location is required to have their own assigned lifeguard during swimming activity.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 8, 2026

3270.14/3270.21 Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety

“Five spray bottles containing a disinfectant cleaning solution and one bottle of Super Sorb instant absorber were observed on a table accessible to children receiving care in the child care space. The cleaning materials were all labeled Keep Out of Reach of Children. Announcement C-24-02 requires cleaning and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children.”

Correction date in the state record: Dec 8, 2025

3270.151(c)(3) Exam communicable disease

“The current health report on file for Staff Person #1 lacked information related to an examination for communicable disease.”

Correction date in the state record: Nov 21, 2025

3270.115(a)(5) Staff:child ratios while swimming

“While participating in swimming activity, Staff Person #1 identified being responsible for a group that included 7 young school agers. The Staff:Child ratio while young school age children are swimming is 1:6.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 14, 2025

3270.31(e) Age and Training

“The file for Staff Person #1 lacked 12 hours of child care training in their assessed training year of October 2023 and October 2024.”

Correction date in the state record: Nov 18, 2024

3270.131(a) Health information

“The files for Children #1 and #2 lacked an initial health assessment within 60 days of their enrollment at the facility.”

Correction date in the state record: Dec 2, 2024

3270.133(4) Locked

“An EpiPen was observed in an unlocked backpack on the ground in the outdoor play space where the children were playing. The backpack was accessible to children receiving care in the space.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 23, 2024

3270.161(d) Potentially hazardous food refrigerated

“Lunchboxes containing potentially hazardous food were observed in many of the lunch boxes being maintained in the individual hallway lockers. These potentially hazardous foods included several Lunchables, meats and cheeses, yogurt cups and tubes, and left over meals from home to include pasta and pizza.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 23, 2024

3270.33(a) Each staff person meets quals

“The file for staff person #1 included a foreign degree that had not been translated by an acceptable agency, so the level of education could not be determined.”

Correction date in the state record: Jan 2, 2024

3270.31(f) Health and Safety Training

“The file for staff person #3, who had worked with children more than 90 days, did not include first-aid/CPR training.”

Correction date in the state record: Dec 21, 2023

3270.27(a)(6) Emergency plan

“The most recent emergency drill documented at the facility was dated 11/1/23. Documentation of the previous emergency drill could not be located, so timeliness could not be assessed.”

Correction date in the state record: Dec 21, 2023

3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) Comply with CPSL/CPSL information

“The disclosure statement in the file for person #2 was from previous employment in the legal entity's unlicensed summer camp.”

Correction date in the state record: Dec 19, 2023

3270.133(4) Locked

“There were two excursion bags observed lying near the fence in the grassy area of the pool, making them accessible to children.. The bags contained several medications, including inhalers and epi-pens.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 3, 2023

3270.133(6) Written consent

“On 7/5/23, the following medications were observed in the excursion bags at the pool: There was a medication log on site for the epi-pen for child #1, but it was not signed and dated by a parent. There was no medication log/parental consent on site for the inhaler for child #2 and #3. There was a med log and a care plan on site for the epi-pen for child #4, but neither documents were signed and dated by a parent. On 7/6/23, when photos of the medication logs were texted to this certification representative, the logs were signed by a parent, but the dates appeared altered. The original date on the log for child #1 appeared to be 7/6/23, but the number "3" was written over top of the number "6," making the date 7/3/23. The original date on the log for child #2 appeared to be 7/6/23, but the number "5" was written over the top of the number "6," changing the date to 7/5/23. The original date on the log for child #3 appeared to be 7/6/23, but the entire date was scratched out and "6/26/23" was written above it. The log and care plan texted to this rep for child #4 still did not include a parent signature.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 19, 2023

3270.133(5) Original label

“The epi-pen for child #1 expired in June 2023”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 2, 2023

3270.133(4) Locked

“There were two excursion bags observed lying near the fence in the grassy area of the pool, making them accessible to children.. The bags contained several medications, including inhalers and epi-pens.”

3270.133(3) Name on bottle

“There was an unlabeled epi-pen in one of the excursion bags at the pool. Based on conversation with staff, it belonged to child #1.”

Correction date in the state record: Aug 2, 2023

3270.115(a)(6) Lifeguard training/supervision

“Staff person #2, the lifeguard who was on duty for this facility, was also the acting lifeguard for a separate facility at the pool, under the same legal entity.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 6, 2023

3270.113(a) Supervised at all times

“At approximately 1:30 pm, staff person #5 was observed in the pool 6 children. At approximately 2 pm, staff person #5, was observed walking from the pool to the grassy area with 4 children. It was determined that 2 of the children had run off and staff person #5 did not know where they were, for approximately 2-3 minutes. Staff person #5 was heard telling the two children that they scared them because the staff person did not know where they were. Based on conversation with staff, staff person #6 spotted the 2 children near the mushroom fountain, which is at the other end of the grassy area, and sent them back over to join staff person #5.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 6, 2023

3270.51 Similar Age Level

“At approximately 1:30 pm, staff person #5 was observed in the pool 6 children. At approximately 2 pm, staff person #5, was observed walking from the pool to the grassy area with 4 children. It was determined that 2 of the children had run off and staff person #5 did not know where they were, for approximately 2-3 minutes. Staff person #5 was heard telling the two children that they scared them because the staff person did not know where they were. Based on conversation with staff, staff person #6 spotted the 2 children near the mushroom fountain, which is at the other end of the grassy area, and sent them back over to join staff person #5..”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 6, 2023

3270.115(a)(5) Staff:child ratios while swimming

“At approximately 1:30 p m, upon entering Highland Park swimming pool, it was observed that there were 2 staff in the pool with 12 children and 3 staff in the grassy area with 29 children, for a total of 41 children, a combination of 32 young schoolagers and 9 schoolagers.Because the children and staff were all within the boundaries of the pool area, they could not maintain swim ratios. They would need at least 7 staff to maintain proper swim ratios.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 19, 2023

3270.113(a)(1) Staff assigned to specific children

“At approximately 1:30 pm, upon entering Highland Park swimming pool, staff person #1 was observed standing near the edge of the pool, speaking to staff person #2, the lifeguard. At the same time, staff persons #3 and #4 were observed with 29 school-age children in the grassy area near the fence on the parking lot side of the pool, a combination of 20 young school-agers and 9 older school-agers. After a brief conversation with staff person #2, staff person #1 joined the staff and children in the grassy area. All three staff were wearing supervision ID tags with the children's names. When asked to identify their groups, staff person #1 identified 6 children, staff person #3 identified 10 children and staff person #4 identified 12 children, leaving one child not identified by anyone. As each staff person was asked to identify their groups, the names of the children they identified were read back to them to confirm the names and number of children in their group. Staff were then told that there was a child who hadn't been identified by anyone. The names of children in each staff person's group were reviewed with them a second time, again, to confirm names and number of children in their supervision groups. Since staff could not identify the name of the child who was forgotten, they were then asked to identify the name of every child in the grassy area to determine which child was not yet identified. When the name of child was identified by the cert rep, none of the 3 staff claimed responsibility for the child. Based on conversation with staff, today was the child's first day. Originally, staff person #4 had the child's tag, but staff thought the child went home, so the tag was returned to the excursion bag. 4 staff said "no." When asked who would take responsibility for that child, staff person #10 stated they would be responsible for the child. When staff person #1 was then asked who had responsibility for their group of children when they went to the edge of the pool to speak with staff person #2, the staff person stated that they thought it was okay to walk to the pool, if they could see the children in their supervision group. It was explained that because they could not hear, direct or assess those 6 children, it wasn't proper supervision. At approximately 1:30 pm, staff person #5 was observed in the pool 6 children. At approximately 2 pm, staff person #5, was observed walking from the pool to the grassy area with 4 children. It was determined that 2 of the children had run off and staff person #5 did not know where they were, for approximately 2-3 minutes. Staff person #5 was heard telling the two children that they scared them because the staff person did not know where they were. Based on conversation with staff, staff person #6 spotted the 2 children near the mushroom fountain, which is at the other end of the grassy area, and sent them back over to join staff person #5..”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 5, 2023

3270.66(a) Locked or inaccessible

“There were two excursion bags observed lying near the fence in the grassy area of the pool, making them accessible to children. The bags contained hand sanitizer, which included instructions to keep out of the reach of children.”

Correction date in the state record: Jul 6, 2023

3270.131(d)(3) Current medication and reason

“The 2nd box on the health report for child #1 was not checked and there was no information from the physician regarding the child's current medications and the reasons for the medications.”

Correction date in the state record: Mar 1, 2023