Document ID (ISN) | 55313 |
CIS number |
91-12 |
ISBN(s) |
0-11-885472-0 |
Year |
1990 |
Convention or series no. |
COP 32
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Author(s) |
Health and Safety Commission |
Title |
First aid on offshore installations and pipeline works - Approved Code of Practice; Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First-Aid) Regulations 1989 [United Kingdom] and Guidance |
Bibliographic information |
HMSO Books, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1990. 40p. Illus. Price: GBP 7.50. |
Abstract |
The Regulations came into force on 13 Sept. 1990. They place a duty on employers to ensure adequate first-aid and basic health-care provision for all their personnel. Contents of the Code of Practice: duty of the person in control of an offshore installation or pipeline works to provide adequate first-aid arrangements and to inform workers of these arrangements; size, layout and sitting of sick bays and associated medical equipment and facilities; provision of first-aid kits and their location and contents; numbers and types of offshore medics or first-aiders required and their recruitment, training and general responsibilities; liaison with medical practitioners onshore; arrangements during the construction and dismantling of offshore installations. General guidance for inclusion in first-aid boxes is given along with lists of recommended medications and equipment. |
Descriptors (primary) |
first-aid organization; offshore oil extraction; first-aid services; United Kingdom |
Descriptors (secondary) |
first-aid equipment; first-aid training; responsibilities of employers; information of personnel; law; directive; first-aid attendants; first aid |
Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
Subject(s) |
Standards and directives with the force of law
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Petroleum and natural gas industry Occupational health services First aid and emergency organization
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