It is a legal requirement for the company to comply with the following legislation.
Every business must:
These are the things a company must, or should, do to protect people from harm.
[!danger] Requirements Employees must get immediate help if taken ill or injured at work.
Ensure that first aid and emergency procedures have been communicated to all staff, and that this information is still readily available.
Undertake a First Aid Needs Assessment and regularly review to check if Hazards, Risks or Controls have, or need to be, changed.
Appoint at least one First Aid Appointed Person(s) to oversee first aid arrangements (in the absence of there being an adequate number of first-aiders, and regularly review that they are undertaking their duties and are providing adequate cover.
Provide suitably stocked First Aid Kits in each workplace, and in every vehicle used for business, and keep stocks maintained and in-date and ensure they contain any items specified in the first aid needs assessment.
Provide, and maintain, any other first aid equipment identified by the first aid needs assessment.
Provide First Aid Training for staff if required by the first aid needs assessment ensuring training is provided by a competent provider and that training records are kept with periodic refresher training.
Inform all employees about first aid arrangements and what to do in an emergency and ensure that this information is still readily available. Keep records of staff training and provide refresher training where needed.
Have a Health and Safety Policy.
Appoint a Competent Person to help meet health and safety legal duties.
Display the Health and Safety Law Poster or provide the equivalent leaflet to employees.
Have an Accident Book if they have more than 10 employees.
Have a record of the hazards, risks and controls if you have 5, or more, employees.
have Welfare Facilities.
Have a Healthy Working Environment.
Have a Safe Workplace.
Documentation
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