The document provides guidance on first aid requirements for workplaces according to the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981. It states that employers must provide adequate first aid equipment, facilities, and trained personnel to enable first aid to be administered to employees if needed. As a minimum, workplaces should have a suitably stocked first aid box and an appointed person to oversee first aid arrangements. The document also provides recommendations on appropriate contents for a basic first aid kit.

1. SUPERVISE Accident Book
Name: Responsible for… The Health
1. and Safety
2. (First-Aid) The Health and Safety (First-Aid)
Regulations
Regulations 1981
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6. Advice from the HSE
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8. The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require you to provide adequate
and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to enable first aid to be given to
9. your employees if they are injured or become ill at work.
10. What is adequate and appropriate will depend on the circumstances in your workplace
11. and you should assess what your first aid needs are.
12. The minimum first-aid provision on any work site is:
 A suitably stocked first-aid box;
13.  An appointed person to take charge of first-aid arrangements.
14. It is also important to remember that accidents can happen at any time. First-aid
15. provision needs to be available at all times people are at work.
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Don’t forget to lock your accident book away from prying eyes – Data Protection
Name: Responsible for…
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2. FIRST AID BOX FIRST AIDER
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4. What should I put in the first-aid box?
There is no standard list of items to put in a first-aid box.
5. It depends on what you assess the needs are. However, as a guide, and where there is no special
6. risk in the workplace, a minimum stock of first-aid items would be:
7.  a leaflet giving general guidance on first aid eg HSE leaflet Basic advice on first aid at
work
8.  20 individually wrapped sterile adhesive dressings (assorted sizes);
9.  two sterile eye pads;
 Four individually wrapped triangular bandages (preferably sterile);
10.  six safety pins;
11.  six medium sized (approximately 12 cm x 12 cm) individually wrapped sterile un-
12. medicated wound dressings;
 two large (approximately 18 cm x 18 cm) sterile individually wrapped un-medicated wound
13. dressings;
14.  One pair of disposable gloves.
You should not keep tablets or medicines in the first-aid box.
15. The above is a suggested contents list only; equivalent but different items will be considered
16. acceptable.
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RISK
Aspects to consider – as suggested by the HSE
o You are required by law to make an assessment of significant risks in your
workplace. What are the risks of injury and ill health identified in this risk
assessment?
LEVEL i.e. UPPER LEVEL - Accommodation floor o Are there any specific risks, eg working with:
ZONE -2  hazardous substances;
 dangerous tools;
Reporting System
 dangerous machinery;
 dangerous loads or animals?
stairs
o Are there parts of your establishment where different levels of risk can be
identified?
o What is your record of accidents and cases of ill health?
o What type are they and where did they happen?
o How many people are employed on site?
o Are there inexperienced workers on site, or employees with disabilities or special
KEY health problems?
o Are the premises spread out, eg are there several buildings on the site or multi-
floor buildings?
o Is there shift work or out-of-hours working?
Evaluate, o Is your workplace remote from emergency medical services?
Fire Protective Emergency Signs remove or o Do you have employees who travel?
Equipment Escape And reduce, and
Routes Signage
protect from risk What to do in an Emergency
If an employee is involved in an accident, a near miss, a
Identify the dangerous occurrence or is otherwise personally injured, they
People Equipment Materials Hazards must immediately report the incident to their
Supervisor/Manager, even if it is of a minor nature.
Identify the Risk In event of an incident which is classified under the Reporting
And the people of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
at Risk Regulations 1985 (RIDDOR), the incident must be reported
Safety Hints immediately to the local HSE by telephone. Following this, the
This guide book is designed to give you a template to draw a rough sketch of each Zone and an legal documentation must be completed and posted within ten
aid when transferring your information on to your master copy contained in your Zone Control File days if required
System. You must indicate on your drawing, doors, fire doors, emergency lighting, lighting,
stairways, stairwells, smoke detectors, Fire Protective Equipment, Emergency Escape Routes, (UK only)
Signs and Signage, Equipment and Materials which may ignite.
You must draw a before and after a fire-risk assessment sketch to demonstrate what precautions
you have taken, if any. We can help with you with the preparation of your Fire Risk Assessment Accident Log Book
and offer a full line drawing service if required.
For further guidance and advice go to www.firesafetyguides.communities.gov.uk and
download the information provided.
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