Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Compliance
Companies covered by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) must follow Regulation 1101 regardless of the amount of people employed.
First Aid Requirements
Regulation 1101 has a specific set of First Aid requirements based on the amount of workers in a workplace. These requirements must be met at all times. This includes having access to a First Aid Kit, an employee certified in first aid and more.
Employers with 1 to 5 Employees
- There must be a first aid station with a first aid kit provided and maintained
- The first aid kit (Ontario section 8 First Aid Kit) must include the following items:
- A current first aid manual
- Safety pins
- Individually wrapped adhesive dressings (12)
- Sterile gauze pads (4)
- Gauze bandage rolls (2)
- Field dressings or sterile bandage compresses (2)
- Triangular bandage (1)
- The first aid station must be maintained by a worker who holds a valid Basic/Emergency First Aid Certificate and works near the station
Employers with 6 to 15 Employees
- There must be a first aid station with a first aid kit provided and maintained
- The first aid kit (Ontario section 9 First Aid Kit) must include the following items:
- A current first aid manual
- Safety pins
- Individually wrapped adhesive dressings (24)
- Sterile gauze pads (12)
- Gauze bandage rolls, 2-inch (4)
- Gauze bandage rolls, 4-inch (4)
- Individually wrapped sterile surgical pads (4)
- Triangular bandage (6)
- Splint padding rolls (2)
- Roll-up split (1)
- The first aid station must be maintained by a worker who holds a valid Intermediate/Standard First Aid Certificate and works near the station
Employers with 16 to 200 Employees
- There must be a first aid station with a first aid kit provided and maintained
- There must be one (1) stretcher and two (2) blankets
- The first aid kit (Ontario section 10 First Aid Kit) must include the following items:
- A current first aid manual
- Safety pins (24)
- Basin (1)
- Individually wrapped adhesive dressings (48)
- Adhesive tape rolls, 1-inch (2)
- Gauze bandage rolls, 1-inch (12)
- Sterile gauze pads, 3-inch square (48)
- Gauze bandage rolls, 2-inch (8)
- Gauze bandage rolls, 4-inch (8)
- Individually wrapped sterile surgical pads (6)
- Triangular bandage (12)
- Assorted size of splints
- Roll-up split (2)
- The first aid station must be maintained by a worker who holds a valid Intermediate/ Standard First Aid Certificate and works near the station
Employers with more than 200 Employees
- There must be a first aid room with a first aid kit provided and maintained in each work area
- There must be one (1) stretcher and two (2) blankets
- The first aid kit (Ontario section 10 First Aid Kit) must include the following items:
- A current first aid manual
- Instruments including: dressing scissors, dressing forceps, safety pins, graduated medicine glass, tongue depressors and cotton-tipped applicators
- Denatured ethyl alcohol
- Individually wrapped adhesive dressings
- Individually wrapped sterile gauze pads, assorted sizes
- Gauze bandages, assorted sizes
- Adhesive plaster
- Absorbent cotton
- Triangular bandages
- Splints, assorted sizes
- Splint padding
- Hot and cold running water
- Washbasins (3)
- Instrument sterilizer (1)
- Cabinet for surgical dressings (1)
- Enamel foot bath (1)
- Sanitary disposal receptacle with lid (1)
- First Aid Kit with minimum required items
- Couch with curtain or in a separate cubicle (1)
- The first aid rooms must be maintained by a registered nurse or a worker who holds a valid Intermediate/ Standard First Aid Certificate, works near the room and does not perform work that may affect their ability to provide first aid
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