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Factories Act

Section:45 :First Aid Appliances

Obligation : To provide for atleast one first aid box for every 150 workers and an ambulance room where number of workers employed are > 500

Type:Preventive Compliance Frequency: Monthly

Action to be taken:
Ensure that every factory
(1) Is equipped with first aid boxes or cupboards with only the prescribed contents, and the number of such boxes or cupboards to be provided and maintained has to be atleast one for every 150 workers ordinarily employed.
(2) Each first-aid box or cupboard should be kept in the charge of a separate responsible person holding a certificate in first-aid treatment and who shall always be readily available during the working hours of the factory.
(3) Every factory where>500 workers are ordinarily employed should have an ambulance room of the prescribed size, containing the prescribed equipment in the charge of a medical or nursing staff whose facilities shall always be made readily available during the working hours of the factory.

Audit Requirement:
Are adequate number of first aid boxes or an ambulance room where applicable provided in the factory ?

Supporting Documents:
Written Confirmation of Compliance

Related Triggers:
Number of Workers In The Establishment

Related Keywords:
First Aid
Welfare

Related Sections:
Factories Act, 1948
Chapter:Chapter V - Welfare| 45:First-aid appliances:
(1) There shall in every factory be provided and maintained, so as to be readily accessible during all working hours first-aid boxes or cupboards equipped with the prescribed contents, and the number of such boxes or cupboards to be provided and maintained shall not be less than one for every one hundred and fifty workers ordinarily employed at any one time in the factory.
(2) Nothing except the prescribed contents shall be kept in a first-aid box or cupboard.
(3) Each first-aid box or cupboard shall be kept in the charge of a separate responsible person who holds a certificate in first-aid treatment recognised by the State Government and who shall always be readily available during the working hours of the factory.
(4) In every factory wherein more than five hundred workers are ordinarily employed there shall be provided and maintained an ambulance room of the prescribed size, containing the prescribed equipment and in the charge of such medical and nursing staff as may be prescribed and those facilities shall always be made readily available during the working hours of the factory.