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 employee
per shift |
1 employee
per shift |
1 employee
per shift |
| Alberta #1 | 2-49 Close site | 2-9 Close site | 2-4 Close site |
| Alberta #2 | 50-99 Close site
2-99 Distant or Isolated |
10-49 Close site
2-49 Distant or Isolated |
5-49 Close site
2-9 Distant or Isolated |
| Alberta #3 | 100+ Close, distant
or Isolated site |
50-199 Close, distant
or Isolated site |
50-99 Close site
20-99 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.
