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The Health and Safety
(First Aid) Regulations 1981 require you to provide adequate
and appropriate first aid equipment, facilities and people so your employees
can be
given immediate help if they are injured or taken ill at work.
What is "adequate and appropriate" will depend on the circumstances
in your
workplace and you should assess what your first aid needs are.
The minimum first aid provision on any work site is:
•
a suitably stocked first-aid box;
•
an appointed person to take charge of first aid arrangements;
•
information for employees about first aid arrangements.
It is important to remember that accidents and illnesses can happen at any
time. First aid provision needs to be available at all times people are at
work.
Some small workplaces may only need the minimum provision. But there are
factors that might mean you need greater provision. The checklist in the table
below (reproduced from HSE guidance) covers the points you should consider:-
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Degree of risk hazard
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How many employees do you have? |
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What first aid personnel
do you need?
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Low hazard
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| e.g. offices, shops and libraries | Less than 25 | At least one appointed person | ||
| 25 to 50 | At least one first aider trained in EFAW | |||
| More than 50 | At least one first aider trained in FAW
for every 100 employed (or part thereof) |
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Higher hazard
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| e.g. light engineering and assembly work, food processing, warehousing, extensive work with dangerous machinery or sharp instruments, construction, chemical manufacture |
Less than 5 | At least one appointed person | ||
| 5 to 50 | At least one first aider trained in EFAW
or FAW depending on the type of injuries that might occur |
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| More than 50 | At least one first aider trained in FAW
for every 50 employed (or part thereof) |
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