S.L. 424.13 Art. 6High risk areas.

(1) Where two hundred or more employees are at work in a place of work, or where the type of activity or the frequency of accidents so dictate, an employer shall provide and adequately maintain a suitably equipped first-aid room which shall be readily accessible to stretchers: Provided that the contents of a first aid room shall be commensurate with the degree of risk that is present in the place of work.

(2) In places of work which present special or unusual hazards, including the ship-building and repair industry, chemical industries, quarries and foundries, there shall be an adequately equipped first-aid room together with a suitable number of first aiders irrespective of the number of employees in that place of work.

(3) A first-aid room shall be readily available at all times when employees are at work and shall not be used for any purpose other than the rendering of first aid.

(4) A first aid room shall be positioned as near as possible to a point of access to facilitate the transfer of injured or sick persons to hospital.

(5) A first aid room shall contain suitable facilities and equipment commensurate with the level of risk present at a place of work, and shall be adequately ventilated, heated, lit, cleaned and maintained.

(6) A first-aid room shall contain a couch, and such room shall be large enough to hold the couch, with space for people to work around it.

(7) A first aid room shall be clearly identified as such by suitable signs.