How Many First Aid Boxes and Ambulance Essentials Does a Large Facility Need?

Dear Sirs,

Our metalworking company employs more than 700 workmen. We have an OHC center but are yet to employ a doctor and nurse. There is a private hospital approximately 3 km away from the facility. Now, please guide me on the following questions:

1. How many first aid boxes should I have in the facility?
2. What are all the minimum items I should have in the ambulance?

Please advise.

Regards,
SSM

In every factory, there shall be provided and maintained first-aid boxes or cupboards equipped with the prescribed contents. These should be readily accessible during all working hours. The number of such boxes or cupboards to be provided and maintained should not be less than one for every one hundred and fifty workers ordinarily employed at any one time in the factory.

Dear Mr. SSM,

Just go through the below posts, I hope you will get the answer:

- https://www.citehr.com/314632-safety-kid-medicines.html
- https://www.citehr.com/265280-ambula...checklist.html
- https://www.citehr.com/307076-query-...th-centre.html

One more thing, just before starting any thread, use the research tab at the top of this page. You will get plenty of references from this site itself.

One first aid box is required for every 150 employees, and one ambulance seat is needed for 500 workers according to the Factory Act.

Or better still, you could just outsource this bit of the work. I had a similar problem, and I got an appropriate institution to come check the place out, the type of work that goes on in each site or department, and they provided the needed first aid boxes. You might think it is too costly to outsource it, but it is beneficial in the long run.

All the best.

Please let me know if the total number of staff, including 500 employees, is also considered. We have 2 units with a total of 500 employees—175 staff and 325 workers. Do we need to hire a doctor for this setup?

Engaging a Medical Consultant Under the Factories Act

Whether the number of employees is 175 or 500, engaging a medical consultant is a must under the Factories Act.

Essential Medicines for the First Aid Box

The essential medicines that are to be maintained in the first aid box are:

• Cotton rolls of different sizes.
• Gauze cloth.
• Roller bandage.
• Spirit bottle.
• Thermometer.
• Wooden splints for use during fractures to immobilize the organ.
• Savlon bottle.
• Soframycin or any other ointment prescribed by the doctor.
• Some tablets for fever, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, Sorbitrate to treat chest pain.
• Scissors.
• Band-aid, etc.

Best regards,
Madhusudan