Child Safety

This weekend, I learned that one of my relatives was burned by a gas fireplace in a daycare. Now, the relative is still in that toddler/ preschool phase, but the only opinion given to me about the situation was, "accidents happen." I really do believe that accidents happen. Sometimes children burn themselves, cut themselves, get bit by an animal, or receive an incredibly large splinter in their finger after going down a slide (that was me), but is it really acceptable for a child to be burned like this in a daycare? Is it really unfair to think that a daycare (or babysitter for that matter) should be responsible when a child is burned by a trivial item (in the age of heaters and all). I don't think so. Recently, a child at my job had been burned by an iron at his home. I didn't dig too deep, but why the heck does a two year old even have access to an iron? Why is a mother leaving the iron unattended with her children present? Why shouldn't the daycare be held responsible? If knives were left on the floor and a child cut themselves, I doubt anyone would say, "accidents happen." For the record, accidents do happen, but if I was the parent that wouldn't be my response.