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1 FIRST AID WORKPLACE FIRST AID BS8599-1 AND THE LAW The Health and Safety First Aid regulations 1981 states The Health and Safety First-Aid Regulations 1981 require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment facilities and personnel to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work These Regulations apply to all workplaces including those with less than five employees and to the selfemployed *1 Do a risk assessment • Low risk e g shops offices libraries etc • High risk e g light engineering and assembly work food processing warehousing extensive work with dangerous machinery or sharp instruments construction chemical manufacture etc WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? HOW DOES AN EMPLOYER MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW? *2 Decide on the size and quantity of kits required to meet your risk needs assessment Small kit usage guidelines Small kit usage guidelines Low risk less than 25 employees High risk less than 5 employees Medium kit usage guidelines Medium kit usage guidelines Low risk 25-100 employees High risk 5-25 employees Large kit usage guidelines Large kit usage guidelines Low risk 1 large kit per 100 employees High risk 1 large kit per 25 employees WHAT STANDARD FIRST AID KITS ARE AVAILABLE? The only official UK standard for first aid kit contents is the British Standard BS8599-1 The HSE provides some guidance on the type of items that should be in a first aid kit but not the quantities The old BHTA standard kit 10 20 and 50 often called HSE kits are now obsolete and withdrawn The British Standard BS8599-1 Compliant kits now provide employers with a means by which they can choose a kit that matches their risk assessment needs while still demonstrating compliance with the spirit of the legislation Some employers may have diverse or unusual situations and will need to make bespoke provision for such risks these situations however are not likely to be typical