Hi all,
Dear all, I am having an urgent need to know what medicines should be kept in first aid boxes as per the Factory Act 1948 if a factory is employing about 50 employees. Please provide me help on an urgent basis.
Regards,
Rajput
9910600197
From India, Mumbai
Dear all, I am having an urgent need to know what medicines should be kept in first aid boxes as per the Factory Act 1948 if a factory is employing about 50 employees. Please provide me help on an urgent basis.
Regards,
Rajput
9910600197
From India, Mumbai
Hello Friend, Attached herewith a Checklist and list of medicine which we have to maintain in First Aid Box. This is sufficient. Regards, Ashutosh Chaturvedi
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
Dear , It is not manadotort for you to maintain medicine box because under the Factory Act when there is 100-150 workers then you have tto maintian a medicine box between them. Regards Ashish
Dear Member,
If your establishment is covered under The Factories Act, 1948 & The Punjab Factory Rules, 1952, then please go through Rule 69 [C] of the Punjab Factory Rules as applicable to the State of Haryana for the list of contents to be kept in the first aid box.
Regards,
R.N. Khola
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Dear,
I want the list of contents of the first aid box with the proper quantity along with size (Dimension) for 400 employees.
Thanking You.
From India, Delhi
If your establishment is covered under The Factories Act, 1948 & The Punjab Factory Rules, 1952, then please go through Rule 69 [C] of the Punjab Factory Rules as applicable to the State of Haryana for the list of contents to be kept in the first aid box.
Regards,
R.N. Khola
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Dear,
I want the list of contents of the first aid box with the proper quantity along with size (Dimension) for 400 employees.
Thanking You.
From India, Delhi
First-Aid Box Requirements
First-aid boxes, at the rate of not less than 1 (one) box for 150 (one hundred and fifty) workers or part thereof, distinctively marked with a red cross on a white ground, should be available and readily accessible during working hours.
a. Where the number of workers employed exceeds 19 (nineteen) but does not exceed 50 (fifty), the first-aid box shall contain the following equipment:
- 12 small sterilized dressings
- 6 medium size sterilized dressings
- 6 large size sterilized dressings
- 6 large size sterilized burn dressings
- 6 (½ oz.) packets sterilized cotton wool
- 1 roll of adhesive plaster
- 1 (2 oz.) bottle containing a 2 percent alcoholic solution of iodine
- 1 (2 oz.) bottle of sal-volatile with the dose and mode of administration indicated on the label
- 1 (1 oz.) bottle of potassium permanganate crystals
- 1 snake bite lancet
- 1 pair of scissors
- 1 copy of the first-aid leaflet approved by the Chief Inspector of Factories
b. Where the number of workers employed exceeds 50 (fifty), the requirements for the first-aid box are doubled in number for items (i) to (vi), doubled in quantity for items (vii) to (ix), and remain the same for items (x) to (xii). Additionally, there is a requirement to provide:
- 12 roller bandages 4 inches wide
- 12 roller bandages 2 inches wide
- 6 triangular bandages
- 2 packets of safety pins
- A supply of suitable splints
- 1 tourniquet
The first-aid box must be kept in charge of a responsible person who needs to always be readily available during the working hours of the establishment. The person in charge of the first-aid box is trained in First Aid treatment.
From United States
First-aid boxes, at the rate of not less than 1 (one) box for 150 (one hundred and fifty) workers or part thereof, distinctively marked with a red cross on a white ground, should be available and readily accessible during working hours.
a. Where the number of workers employed exceeds 19 (nineteen) but does not exceed 50 (fifty), the first-aid box shall contain the following equipment:
- 12 small sterilized dressings
- 6 medium size sterilized dressings
- 6 large size sterilized dressings
- 6 large size sterilized burn dressings
- 6 (½ oz.) packets sterilized cotton wool
- 1 roll of adhesive plaster
- 1 (2 oz.) bottle containing a 2 percent alcoholic solution of iodine
- 1 (2 oz.) bottle of sal-volatile with the dose and mode of administration indicated on the label
- 1 (1 oz.) bottle of potassium permanganate crystals
- 1 snake bite lancet
- 1 pair of scissors
- 1 copy of the first-aid leaflet approved by the Chief Inspector of Factories
b. Where the number of workers employed exceeds 50 (fifty), the requirements for the first-aid box are doubled in number for items (i) to (vi), doubled in quantity for items (vii) to (ix), and remain the same for items (x) to (xii). Additionally, there is a requirement to provide:
- 12 roller bandages 4 inches wide
- 12 roller bandages 2 inches wide
- 6 triangular bandages
- 2 packets of safety pins
- A supply of suitable splints
- 1 tourniquet
The first-aid box must be kept in charge of a responsible person who needs to always be readily available during the working hours of the establishment. The person in charge of the first-aid box is trained in First Aid treatment.
From United States
Dear Sir / Madam , Can Any body provide me the First Aid contains as per Maharashtra Factory Act 1948 for 100 Employee .(Garment Industries )
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
Dear all, please inform can we distribute medicine according to Factory Act 1948. Vipin Kumar Rajput
From India, Delhi
From India, Delhi
You may only keep an Aspirin tablet or a Paracetamol tablet as per the factory act. Other than these two oral medicines, you may keep antiseptic cream, pain-relieving cream, and burn cream.
With Regards,
Grannus First Aid
9586270846
From India, Mumbai
With Regards,
Grannus First Aid
9586270846
From India, Mumbai
You May also kept Iodine / Dettol or Burn cream Cotton /Cotton Bandage, Eye Drops, Antiseptic cream, Paracetamol tablet.
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
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