First Aid Requirements
Posted on 28th February 2023 at 11:27
The HSE states that first aid in the workplace can mean life or death depending on how immediate the securement of first aid is and its implementation in an accident or incident.
This is outlined in the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 which places it as the employer’s duty to provide the relevant, adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel for which to treat injured employees in the event of an incident.
A first aid assessment must be carried out in order to ensure that the necessary equipment and responsibilities are provided in the worksite.
A first aid box must be provided onsite at all times with the necessary tools and contents needed in accordance with the first aid assessment. The number of first aid boxes will vary on the size of the site. Their contents must be sufficient and appropriate to the work performed.
Contents may include:
• A leaflet providing guidance to general first aid
• Sterile plasters
• Sterile eye pads
• Safety pins
• Triangular bandages, preferably sterile
• Disposable gloves
• Medium and large sterile unmedicated wound dressings
