WorkSafeBC First Aid Room Supply Kit, FSWCBFR

CODE: FSWCBFR

• Storage cupboards
• A counter
• A toilet, or have a toilet facility as near as practicable

Outline below are all the regulatory items to set up a regulation First Aid Room as required by WorkSafeBC.

Location & Access: A first aid facility should be located as near as practicable to the work area or areas it is to serve. It should be a room within a building or, if this is not practicable, a tent, vehicle , or other suitable structure. The first aid facility should be designed and located for easy entrance to and exit from the facility for a worker requiring stretcher transport. A stretcher should not have to be tipped or turned to enter or exit the first aid facility. A first aid facility may be locked to prevent theft and vandalism or for other appropriate reasons. If so, there must be effective means of immediate access during all working hours.

Utilities: The facility should be adequately illuminated, heated, and ventilated. It should have a sink plumbed with hot and cold running water or, if this is not practicable, an alternative system for supplying fresh, potable water. If showering may be required treatment for chemical exposure, the facility should have a shower or have a shower facility as near as practicable. It may be impracticable to plumb a first aid facility in certain situations, such as where the facility is a trailer on a construction site or the work is at a remote location. In these cases, one of the following alternative sources or water, with means to heat it, may be considered until an alternative system is in place.

Other recommendations: Since the facility must be kept clean and sanitary, a non-porous floor covering is recommended. The facility should have a notice conspicuously displayed outside the door or in the area, indicating how to call and where to find the attendant. The first aid facility is also subject to the general requirements relating to workplace premises in the OHS Regulation.

At a remote workplace (more than 2 hours' surface travel time to a hospital), a first-aid room should be equipped to provide reasonable overnight care for two injured workers and be used exclusively for first-aid purposes.

A first-aid room should have the following equipment: