| Health and Safety First Aid Regulations
1981 |
| Risk assessments should be carried out
to establish the level of First Aid cover required for
any specific working environment. Once the level of
risk is established the following table shows the suggested
numbers of First Aid personnel to be available at all
times people are at work, based on assessments of risk
and number of workers. |
|
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| Lower hazard |
|
| e.g. shops, offices, libraries |
|
Fewer than 25 employees |
at least one appointed person |
| 25-50 |
at least one first-aider trained in EFAW |
More then 50 |
one first-aider trained in
FAW for every 100 employed (or part thereof) |
| Higher hazard |
|
e.g.
light engineering and assembly work, food processing,warehousing,
extensive work with dangerous
machinery or sharp instruments, construction, chemical
manufacture. |
|
Fewer than 5 |
at least one appointed person |
5-50 |
at least one first-aider trained in EFAW
or FAW depending on the type of injuries that might
occur. |
More then 50 |
one first-aider trained in FAW for every
50 employed (or part thereof) |
Child
care up to puberty. At least one qualified paediatric
first aider on site at all times.
Where
there are hazards for which additional first aid skills
are necessary, at least one first-aider trained in
the specific emergency action. |
|
We
can provide corporate first aid courses delivered on the customers
premises, negating the need for employees to be away from
their place of employment for long periods and saving costs
on travel. 
