Document ID (ISN) | 55312 |
CIS number |
91-11 |
ISBN(s) |
0-11-885536-0 |
Year |
1990 |
Convention or series no. |
COP 42
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Author(s) |
Health and Safety Commission |
Title |
First aid at work - Approved Code of Practice; Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 [United Kingdom] and Guidance |
Bibliographic information |
HMSO Books, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1990. 30p. Illus. Price: GBP 2.00. |
Abstract |
The Regulations came into force on 1 July 1982. They place a duty on employers to ensure adequate first-aid provision for their employees in the workplace. Contents of the Code of Practice: duty of the employer to make provision for first-aid and to inform employees of the arrangements; first-aid facilities, boxes and kits; provision of a suitably-equipped and staffed first-aid room; recording of first-aid treatment; recruitment, training and qualification of first-aiders. Addresses of regional employment nursing advisers are given as well as some general first-aid guidance for inclusion in first-aid boxes. |
Descriptors (primary) |
first-aid organization; first-aid services; United Kingdom |
Descriptors (secondary) |
first-aid equipment; first-aid training; responsibilities of employers; first aid; information of personnel; law; directive; first-aid attendants; legislation |
Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
Subject(s) |
Standards and directives with the force of law
|
Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
Browse category(ies) |
Occupational health services First aid and emergency organization
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