by Wolf
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Nationally compliant first aid kit should provide basic equipment for administering first aid for injuries including:
- cuts, scratches, punctures, grazes and splinters
- muscular sprains and strains
- minor burns
- amputations and/or major bleeding wounds
- broken bones
- eye injuries and
- shock
How many First Aid Kits are required?
Low risk workplaces:
- one kit for 10 to 50 employees
- one additional kit for every additional 50 employees up to 200
- after 200, one additional kit for every addition 100 employees
Higher-risk workplaces:
- one kit, including specific first aid modules, for up to 25 employees
- two kits, with specific modules, for up to 50 employees
- one additional kit, with specific modules, for every additional 50 employees
Where workers don’t have timely access to medical services then compliance means at least one first aid kit for every 25 employees. Workers in remote, isolated or mobile workplaces need to have access to remote area first aid kits.
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