FRO`s First Aid Requirements

FIRST AID REQUIREMENTS FOR FIELD WORK Occupational Health & Safety Code 2009, Part 2 defines First Aid requirements depending on the number of workers, work location, and nature of the work (Low, Medium or High Hazard). Low Hazard work is often in an office or sedentary type of setting, such as clerical or administrative. High hazard work is often in a construction or industrial area (e.g. gas or oil facilities, construction, plants, sawmills, machine shops, metal fabrication shops, mining, seismic, etc.) Medium hazard work is anything that does not fit into either low or high hazard. Most field work is medium to high hazard work, but some can be low hazard (archival or library work, etc.). We have copied part of Tables 5, 6 and 7 of Schedule 2 of the OH&S Code below to give an idea what the first aid requirements are for each level of work. If you wish, you can go to the Schedule 2, of the Code to see the entire tables and, the contents of the different types of first aid kits and the definitions of low and high hazard work. **Please note that wherever there is reference to Emergency First Aider – the University recommends a Standard First Aider.** Low Hazard Work site (up to
Close work
20 minutes)
Distant work site (20 –
40 minutes)
Isolated work site (more
than 40 minutes)
Type P First Aid Kit
Type P First Aid Kit
Type P First Aid Kit
No. 1 First Aid Kit
1 Emergency First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
10 – 49
1 Emergency First Aider
No. 1 First Aid Kit
1 Emergency First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
50-99
1 Emergency First Aider
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
1 Emergency First Aider
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
2 Standard First Aiders
No. 2 First Aid Kit
Number of
workers at
work site
per shift
1
2–9
Medium Hazard Work Number of
workers at
work site
per shift
Close work site (up to 20
Distant work site (20 –
Isolated work site (more
minutes)
40 minutes)
than 40 minutes)
Type P First Aid Kit
Type P First Aid Kit
Type P First Aid Kit
2–9
1 Emergency First Aider
No. 1 First Aid Kit
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
10 – 19
1 Emergency First Aider
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
1 Emergency First Aider
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
2 Standard First Aiders
No. 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
20-49
1 Emergency First Aider
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
1 Emergency First Aider
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
2 Standard First Aiders
No. 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
50-99
2 Emergency First Aiders
1 Standard First Aider
No. First Aid Kit
2 Emergency First Aiders
1 Standard First Aider
No. 3 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
3 Standard First Aiders
No. 3 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
1
High Hazard Work Number of
workers at
work site
per shift
Close work site (up to 20
Distant work site (20 –
Isolated work site (more
minutes)
40 minutes)
than 40 minutes)
Type P First Aid Kit
Type P First Aid Kit
Type P First Aid Kit
2–4
1 Emergency First Aider
No. 1 First Aid Kit
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
5-9
1 Emergency First Aider
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
2 Standard First Aiders
No. 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
2 Standard First Aiders
No. 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
10 – 19
1 Emergency First Aider
1 Standard First Aider
No. 2 First Aid Kit
2 Standard First Aiders
No. 3 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
Stretcher
Splints
2 Standard First Aiders
No. 3 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
Stretcher
Splints
20-49
2 Emergency First Aiders
1 Standard First Aider
No 2 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
3 Standard First Aiders
No. 3 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
Stretcher
Splints
3 Standard First Aiders
No. 3 First Aid Kit
3 Blankets
Stretcher
Splints
1