Australian Occupational Health & Safety Guidelines
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NSW Specific Guidelines
An employer must ensure that the first aid facilities at the following sites or places include a first aid kit of the type specified opposite the description of the site or place:
First Aid Kit A
Construction sites at which 25 or more persons work or other places of work at which 100 or more persons work
First Aid Kit B
Construction sites at which fewer than 25 persons work or other places of work at which fewer than 100 and more than 10 persons work
First Aid Kit C
Places of work (other than construction sites) at which 10 or fewer persons work
(5) In subclause (4), First Aid Kit A, First Aid Kit B and First Aid Kit C mean a first aid kit containing the following items in the quantity (if any) specified in columns A, B and C, respectively:
| A | B | C | |
| Adhesive plastic dressing strips, sterile, packets of 50 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Adhesive dressing tape, 2.5 cm 5 cm | 1 | 1 | — |
| Bags, plastic, for amputated parts: | |||
| Small | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Medium | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Large | 2 | 1 | — |
| Dressings, non-adherent, sterile, 7.5 cm 7.5 cm | 5 | 2 | — |
| Eye pads, sterile | 5 | 2 | — |
| Gauze bandages: | |||
| 5 cm | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 cm | 3 | 1 | — |
| Gloves, disposable, single | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| Rescue blanket, silver space | 1 | 1 | — |
| Safety pins, packets | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Scissors, blunt/short nosed, minimum length 12.5 cm | 1 | 1 | — |
| Splinter forceps | 1 | 1 | — |
| Sterile eyewash solution, 10 ml single use ampules or sachets | 12 | 6 | — |
| Swabs, prepacked, antiseptic, packs of 10 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Triangular bandages, minimum 90 cm | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Wound dressings, sterile, non-medicated, large | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| First-aid pamphlet as approved by WorkCover | 1 | 1 | 1 |
State Specific Regulations
New South Wales Regulations
NSW Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000
NSW Occupational Health & Safety Regulation 2001
Your Guide to Workplace Health and Safety (WorkCover NSW)
Australian Capital Territory
Occupational Health & Safety Act 1989
Occupational Health & Safety Regulation (General) 2007
First Aid In The Workplace Code Of Practice
Victoria
Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004
The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007
Queensland
Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995
Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 1997
First Aid Code of Practice 2004
South Australia
Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1986
Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 2010
SA Code Of Practice For Occupational, Health and Safety
Western Australia
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984
Code Of Practice: First Aid Facilities and Services
Tasmania
Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995
Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998
Northern Territory
Work Health (Occupational Health and Safety) Regulations
