simones health club

 

 

 


fWe provide First Aid emergency care training programs for
both businesses and the general public.

The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require businesses to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel to enable first aid to be given to its employees if they are injured or become ill at work.
It is not possible to give hard and fast rules on when or how many first aiders a business might need, this will depend on the type of business and how many employees there are.

The following table lists the levels of risk.

Category of risk

Numbers employed at any location

Suggested number of first-aid personnel

Lower risk

Eg shops, offices and libraries

Fewer than 50
50 - 100
More than 100

At least one appointed person
At least one first aider
One additional first aider for every 100 employed

Medium risk

Eg light engineering and assembly work, food processing, warehousing

Fewer than 20
20 – 100
More than 100

At least one appointed person
At least one first aider for every 50 employed (or part thereof)
One additional first aider for every 100 employed

Higher risk

Eg most construction,
Slaughterhouses, chemical manufacture, extensive work with dangerous machinery or sharp instruments

 Fewer than 5
5 – 50
More than 50		 At least one appointer person
At least one first aider
One additional first aider for every 50 employed

For more information on what your requirements are, visit the HSE website www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/legislation