Description
- First aid arrangements are legally required in all businesses.
- The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 (as amended) require all employers to provide adequate and appropriate first aid equipment.
- This means that if someone is injured or falls ill at work, they can be given immediate help.
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First Aid Kit | Low Hazard | Medium Hazard | High Hazard |
Alberta Type P | 1 employeeper shift | 1 employeeper shift | 1 employeeper shift |
Alberta #1 | 2-49 Close site | 2-9 Close site | 2-4 Close site |
Alberta #2 | 50-99 Close site2-99 Distant or Isolated | 10-49 Close site2-49 Distant or Isolated | 5-49 Close site2-9 Distant or Isolated |
Alberta #3 | 100+ Close, distantor Isolated site | 50-199 Close, distantor Isolated site | 50-99 Close site20-99 Distant site
10-99 Isolated site |
- Close site: less than 20 minutes from emergency services; Distant: 20 to 40 minutes; Isolated: more than 40 minutes. Employees means total number present on a shift.