FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (FIRST AID IN NOTIFIABLE WORKPLACES) REGULATIONS

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (FIRST AID IN NOTIFIABLE WORKPLACES) REGULATIONS

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS
(FIRST AID IN NOTIFIABLE WORKPLACES)
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 59, section 7)

[24 August 1968.1

1. These regulations may be cited as the Factories and
Industrial Undertakings (First Aid in Notifiable Workplaces)
Regulations.

1A. These regulations shall not apply to any quarry.

2. (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires-

,,person trained in first aid' means a person who-

(a)holds a current certificate of competency in first aid issued
by the St. John Ambulance Association;

(b)is a registered nurse within the meaning of the Nurses
Registration Ordinance, or

(e)has otherwise completed a course of training in first aid
approved by certificate under the hand of the Commis-
sioner.

(2) For the purposes of these regulations. the number of
persons employed in a notifiable workplace shall be taken to be the
number of persons actually working therein at any time.

3. (1) In any notifiable workplace, there shall be provided
and maintained therein by the proprietor so as to be readily
accessible a separate first aid box or cupboard for each 100 persons
or part thereof employed therein.

(2) Each first aid box or cupboard shall be of adequate
capacity and shall contain the items specified in the Schedule and
any additional items required under paragraph (3)(a), (b) or (e).

(3) The Commissioner may by notice in writing to the proprie-
tor of a notifiable workplace require that all or any of the following
items be provided in that registrable workplace-

(a)a sufficient supply of assorted sizes of waterproof adhesive
wound dressings;

(b) a sufficient supply of waterproof adhesive plaster;

(c) a sufficient supply of eye baths;

(d) a stretcher.





(4) All items provided in a first aid box or cupboard in accordance
with paragarph (2) shall be in good condition at all times.

(5) A stretcher provided in accordance with a requirement under
paragraph (3)(d) shall be

(a) kept alongside a first aid box or cupboard; and

(b) maintained in good condition at all times.

(6) Nothing except appliances and requisites for first aid shall be
kept in a first aid box or cupboard.

(7) Each first aid box or cupboard shall be marked plainly
'FIRST AID' in English and in Chinese.

4. (1) In any notifiable workplace all first aid boxes or cupboards
shall be placed in the charge of a team of responsible persons
designated by the proprietor of such workplace.

(2) The proprietor of a notifiable workplace shall ensure that at
least 1 member of such team is always readily available during working
hours.

(3) There shall be affixed to each first aid box or cupboard provided
pursuant to regulation 3 a notice in English and Chinese specifying the
names of the members of the team designated in accordance with this
regulation.

(4) If a first aid box or cupboard is not provided in a workroom in a
notifiable workplace, a notice in English and Chinese stating the
location of the nearest first aid box or cupboard and the names of the
members of the team designated in accordance with paragraph (1) shall
be displayed in aprominent place in such workroom.

5. In any notifiable workplace such team shall include at least 1
person trained in first aid for each 100 persons or part thereof employed
therein after the first hundred.

6. All materials for dressings contained in first aid boxes or
cupboards shall be those designated in. and of a grade or quality not
lower than the standards specified by. the British Pharmaceutical Codex
or any supplement thereto.

7. (1) If a room is provided in a notifiable workplace for the sole
purpose of providing first aid or medical treatment, and arrangements
are made so as to ensure the treatment therein of all injuries occurring in
the workplace, the Commissioner may by notice in writing exempt the
workplace from the requirements of these regulations to such extent and
subject to such conditions as he may specify in the notice.





(2) Such a notice shall be prominently displayed in the room
provided.

8. The proprietor of a notifiable workplace who contravenes any of
the provisions of regulations 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10.000.

SCHEDULE [reg. 3(2).]

CONTENTS OF FIRST AID BOXES OR
CUPBOARDS

PARTI

Notifiable workplaces in which the number of persons employed is less than 10.

(a)A copy. of the leaflet giving advice oil first aid treatment issued by the
Commissioner.

(b)A sufficient number (not less than 6) of small sterilized unmedicated
dressings for injured fingers.

(c)A sufficient number (not less than 3) of medium-sized sterilized
unmedicated dressings for injured hands or feet.

(ii)A sufficient number (not less than 12) of adhesive wound dressings of
assorted sizes.

(e)A sufficient number (not less than 2) of triangular bandages of unbleached
calico. the longest side of which measures not less than 1.3 metres and
each of the other sides not less than 900 millimetres.

(f)A sufficient supply (not less than 1 roll of 25 millimetres by 4.5 metres
zinc oxide plaster) of adhesive plaster.

(g)A sufficient number (not less than 3) of 30 grams packets of absorbent
cotter wool.

(h) A pressure bandage.

(i) Safety pins.

PART 11

Notifiable workplaces in which the number of persons employed is 10 or more
but less than 50.

(a)A copy of the leaflet giving advice on first aid treatment issued by the
Commissioner.

(b)A sufficient number (not less than 12) of small sterilized unmedicated
dressings for injured fingers.

(c)A sufficient number (not less than 6) of medium-sized sterilized
unmedicated dressings for injured hands or feet.

(d)A sufficient number (not less than 24) of adhesive wound dressings of
assorted sizes.

(e)A sufficient number (not less than 4) of triangular bandages of unbleached
calico, the longest side of which measures not less than 1.3 metres and
each of the other sides not less than 900 millimetres.





(f)A sufficient supply (not less than 1 roll of 25 millimetres by 4.5 metres
zinc oxide plaster) of adhesive plaster.

(g)A sufficient number (not less than 6) of 30 grams packets of absorbent
cotton wool.

(h) A pressure bandage.

(i) Safety pins.

PART Ill

Notifiable workplaces in which the number of persons employed is 50 or
more.

(a)A copy of the leaflet giving advice on first aid treatment issued by the
Commissioner.

(b)A sufficient number (not less than 24) of small sterilized unmedicated
dressings for injured fingers.

(e)A sufficient number (not less than 12) of medium-sized sterilized
unmedicated dressings for injured hands or feet.

(d)A sufficient number (not less than 36) of adhesive wound dressings of
assorted sizes.

(e)A sufficient number (not less than 8) of triangular bandages of unbleached
calico. the longest side of which measures not less than 1.3 metres and
each of the other sides not less than 900 millimetres.

sufficient supply (not less than 2 rolls of 2.5 millimetres by 4.5 metres
zinc oxide plaster) of adhesive plaster.

(g)A sufficient number (not less than 12) of 30 grams packets of absorbent
cotton wool.

(h) A pressure bandage.

(i) Safety pins.
L.N. 85/68. L.N. 33/69. L.N. 223/73. L.N. 316/81. L.N. 238/84. 50 of 1985. Citation. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Application. L.N. 33/69. Interpretation. (Cap. 164.) L.N. 223/73. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Provision of first aid box or cupboard. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Schedule. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Persons in charge of first aid box or cupboard. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Team to include person trained in first aid. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Standards for dressings. Exemption where first aid room provided in notificable workplace. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Offences and penalties. L.N. 316/81. 50 of 1985, s. 9. L.N. 238/84. 50 of 1985, s. 9. 50 of 1985, s. 9. 50 of 1985, s. 9.

L.N. 85/68. L.N. 33/69. L.N. 223/73. L.N. 316/81. L.N. 238/84. 50 of 1985. Citation. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Application. L.N. 33/69. Interpretation. (Cap. 164.) L.N. 223/73. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Provision of first aid box or cupboard. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Schedule. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Persons in charge of first aid box or cupboard. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Team to include person trained in first aid. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Standards for dressings. Exemption where first aid room provided in notificable workplace. 50 of 1985, s. 9. Offences and penalties. L.N. 316/81. 50 of 1985, s. 9. L.N. 238/84. 50 of 1985, s. 9. 50 of 1985, s. 9. 50 of 1985, s. 9.

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