Persons in charge of first aid box or cupboard.
Team to include
person trained in Örst aid.
Standards for dressings.
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(3) The Commissioner may by notice in writing to the proprietor of a registrable 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 cye baths:
(d) a stretcher.
(4) All items provided in a first aid box or cupboard in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be in good condition at all times.
(5) A stretcher provided in accordance with a requirement under sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (3) 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 registrable 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 registrable workplace shall ensure that at least one 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 work- room in a registrable 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 a prominent place in such workroom.
5. 14 any registrable workplace such team shall include at least one person trained in first aid for each one hundred 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 Pharmaceu- tical Codex or any supplement thereto.
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7. (1) If a room is provided in a registrable 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 registrable workplace who contra- venes 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 two thousand dollars.
SCHEDULE.
CONTENTS OF FIRST AID BOXES OR CUPBOARDS.
PART 1.
(reg. 3(2))
Registrable workplaces in which the number of persons employed is less than ten.
(2) A copy of the leaflet giving advice on first aid treatment issued
by the Commissioner.
(8) A sufficient number (not less than six) of small sterilized un
medicated dressings for injured fingers.
(c) A sufficient number (not less than three) of medium-sized sterilized
unmedicated dressings for injured hands or feel,
(d) A sufficient number (not less than twelve) of adhesive wound
dressings of assorted sizes.
(e) A sufficient number (not less than two) of triangular bandages of unbleached calico, the longest side of which measures not less than fifty-one inches and cach of the other sides not less than thirty-six inches.
( A sufficient supply (not less than one roll of one inch by Ave
yards zinc oxide plaster) of adhesive plaster,
(g) A sufficient number (not less than three) of one-ounce packets of
absorbent cotton wool.
(A) A pressure bandage.
( Safety pins.
PART IL
Registrable workplaces in which the number of persons employed is
ten or more but less than Afty.
(1) A copy of the leaflet giving advice on first aid treatment issued
by the Commissioner.
(b) A sufficient number (not less than twelve) of small sterilized un-
medicated dressings for injured Engers.
Exemption
where first aid room provided in registrable workplace.
Offences and penalties.