A two-year-old child at a preschool in Vanda, southern Finland, died after being injured in an accident during a rest period last week. The child got trapped between a bed cabinet and a wall during a rest period last Tuesday when an employee accidentally lifted the bed the child was in. The child died on Thursday. Police are investigating the incident as causing another's death. The Accident Investigation Centre Otkes visited on Tuesday to investigate the bed cabinet that the child got trapped in. Police spokesperson Marko Särkkä said the incident is a great human tragedy and all involved are deeply shocked.
In Helsinki's early childhood education, there are very few bed cabinets, according to Miia Kemppi, Helsinki's early childhood education director. For the most part, separate mattresses, sleeping bags, and various separate beds are used during rest periods. Helsinki has about 150 bed cabinets in use out of 130,000 customers. Bed cabinets have not been purchased in the last eight years in Helsinki. Children are under staff supervision during daytime naps, with an employee present in the rest room for the entire rest period. In some cases, an employee may be in an adjacent room with visual contact and the door ajar to the rest room, depending on the children's age and conditions. Bed cabinets may have safety mechanisms, such as a latch that must be opened before the bed closes.
In Helsinki's early childhood education, there are very few bed cabinets. For the most part, separate mattresses, sleeping bags, and various separate beds are used during rest periods. In preschool, there might also be gym mat-type platforms.
Helsinki city is taking the incident seriously and plans to learn from it, with a safety team meeting on Thursday. It remains unclear whether the bed cabinet involved in the Vanda incident had functioning safety mechanisms.
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Bed cabinets have not been purchased in the last eight years. We have about 150 bed cabinets in use. We have 130,000 customers, so relative to that, it is a really small amount.
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Children are under employees' supervision also during daytime naps. Kemppi says that children are not fundamentally ever without supervision. The preschool staff and director are responsible for the children's safety.
As a practice, we have during rest periods that an employee is present in the rest room for the entire rest period.
Nevertheless, in some cases, according to Kemppi, it may be agreed separately that an employee can be, for example, in an adjacent room with visual contact, the door ajar to the rest room. This takes into account the children's age and conditions.
The prerequisite is that one can hear, see, and regularly check the children's situation in the rest room.
In my opinion, at least in the newest versions, there is a safety mechanism. The bed should not close before opening such a latch. After that, the bed is pushed closed into the cabinet and the door is closed.
It is not exactly a 21st-century invention. Safety devices have been added along the way. For example, the top bed has gotten such railings so that one cannot fall from there.
I do not remember that we have ever been concerned about bed cabinets before the Vanda case. He says that Helsinki city takes the incident seriously and plans to learn from it.
We also have a safety team coming on Thursday and we will discuss this. We will map our situation and risks regarding bed cabinets. Of course, we also need more information about what happened in Vanda and what led to that accident.
Kemppi says that it is important to clarify the course of events so that everyone can assess whether