First aid in the workplace is about providing workers with prompt easily accessible and appropriate first aid treatment.
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While you will need to conduct a thorough risk assessment to determine your workplace s specific first aid requirements below are some general recommendations on first aid kits first aid facilities and.
However sharing may also increase the level of attendants and supplies required and create access issues possibly increasing overall costs.
This inspection tool is used periodically by appointed first aid kit custodians to ensure that proper first aid can be provided in the critical minutes between the occurrence of injury and arrival of emergency.
The employer s duties for providing first aid facilities the 2 optional approaches that can be used to comply with the compliance code practical measures employers can use to implement option 1.
A first aid risk assessment will help you identify which level is appropriate for your workplace.
Required for most low risk workplaces with 51 to 101 or more workers on shift and is 20 minutes or less surface travel to the hospital.
A first aid kit checklist helps guarantee that essential first aid kit contents are within their use by dates and properly stocked.
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Sharing first aid services first aid attendants facilities equipment at your workplace can be beneficial both to you and to those who may share the service.
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Tables 1 6 indicate in column 2 whether or not a first aid facility is required and if a facility is required what type dressing station or first aid room.
This bc level 2 first aid kit meets worksafe bc occupational health safety act first aid kit regulations.
First aid facilities general requirements schedule 3 a minimum levels of first aid in the regulation contains the minimum levels of first aid required for various workplaces.
Depending on your workplace some or all of the following might be needed.
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Schedule 3 a outlines the minimum levels of first aid required for different workplaces.
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