First Aid
First Aid kits are placed in rooms that have a higher risk hazard for example, cooking rooms, wood work rooms, hospitals etc.
First aid must be provided by the person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU – the new term that includes employers) and includes the following:
First aid must be provided by the person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU – the new term that includes employers) and includes the following:
- the provision of first aid equipment
- that each worker must have access to the equipment
- an adequate number of workers are trained to administer first aid or workers have access to an adequate number of people who have been trained to administer first aid
- workers have access to facilities for the administration of first aid.
- nature of the work being carried out at the workplace
- nature of the hazards at the workplace
- size and location of the workplace
- number and composition of workers and others at the workplace.