(Nov. 3) - An Australian woman plans to sue a day care center after her toddler came home with second-degree sunburns on his arms.
Michelle Murton told The Courier-Mail her 16-month-old son, Ozzy Buisson, was "red as a beetroot" when she picked him up from Jumping Beans Children's Community Child Care in Kingaroy, Queensland, around 4 p.m. on Oct. 23.
Murton said she had to take the fair-skinned Ozzy to an emergency room that night. He was treated with an antibacterial burn cream and given painkillers. Days later, deep blisters developed on his burned arms.
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"I've never seen sunburn like it before," Murton told The Courier-Mail on Tuesday. "He was so red it was almost purple. For him to be burned this bad, he must have been outside in the sun most of the day."
She said she had contacted lawyers about suing over her son's pain and suffering.
Murton said she questioned the person in charge of Ozzy's group at the day care center and that the woman said workers had applied sunscreen on Ozzy in the morning, but it must have washed off when he played in water. Center workers noticed that Ozzy's arms were red after his afternoon nap, but they let them go back outside after reapplying sunscreen, according to Murton.
Jumping Beans owner Bevan Pearson told the paper he was "sympathetic," but that all sun safety procedures had been followed and that all children had sunscreen applied and wore hats.
"All of the children played in the water and of 39 children on the day he (Ozzy) was the only one who had sunburn," Pearson said.
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