Corporate First Aid

Suggested numbers of first aid personnel to be available at all times people are at work

Table 2 Suggested numbers of first-aid personnel to be available at all times people are at work
1 From your risk assessment, what degree of hazard is associated with your work activities?	2 How many employees do you have?	What first-aid personnel do you need?
Low hazard eg offices, shops, libraries	Less than 25	At least one appointed person
	25-25	At least one first-aider trained in EFAW
	More than 50	At least one first-aider trained in FAW for every 100 employed (or part thereof)
Higher hazard Eg light engineering and assembly work, food processing, warehousing, extensive work with dangerous machinery or sharp instruments, construction, chemical manufacture	Less than 25	At least one appointed person
	5-50	At least one first-aider trained in EFAW or FAW depending on the type of injuries that might occur
	More than 50	At least one first-aider trained in FAW for every 50 employed (or part thereof

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This leaflet contains notes on good practice which are not compulsory but which you may find helpful in considering what you need to do.

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ISBN 978 0 7176 6372 9. Single copies are free and a web version can be found at www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg214.pdf.

First published 10/09. Please acknowledge the source as HSE.

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