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A guide to adequate facilities and first aid
A guide to adequate facilities and first aid
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Certain facilities, also known as workplace amenities, must be provided for the welfare and personal hygiene needs of employees. They include:
  • safe and hygienically maintained toilets
  • rest rooms for the recovery from injury or illness
  • washing facilities
  • eating areas
  • drinking water.

WorkCover's Workplace Amenities Code of Practice 2001
Amenities
provides additional practical advice about the type of amenities required at workplaces.

An employer must provide first aid facilities adequate for the immediate treatment of injuries and illnesses. To determine the nature, number and location of first aid facilities,
trained first aid personnel and first aid kits that are needed, employers must consider the location and nature of the work and the number of employees. First aid kits should be adequately maintained and stored in a central, accessible and convenient location known to all employees. A person should be appointed to be in charge of each first aid kit.

If there are more than 25 employees in a workplace, the first aid kit must be under the control of trained first aid personnel.

Chapter 2 (Clause 20) of the OHS Regulation 2001 and WorkCover's Guide to First Aid in the Workplace provide further information about employers' first aid obligations, setting out minimum requirements for first aid kits and trained first aid personnel.