Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (FIRST AID IN NOTIFIABLE WORKPLACES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3

Provision of first aid box or cupboard

(1) In any notifiable workplace, there shall be provided and maintained
therein by the proprietor so as to be readily accessible a separate first aid
box or cupboard for each 100 persons or part thereof employed therein. (50 of
1985 s. 9)

(2) Each first aid box or cupboard shall be of adequate capacity and shall
contain the items specified in the Schedule and any additional items required
under paragraph (3)(a), (b) or (c).

(3) The Commissioner may by notice in writing to the proprietor of a
notifiable workplace require that all or any of the following items be
provided in that notifiable workplace- (50 of 1985 s. 9; 80 of 1997 s. 102)

   (a)  a sufficient supply of assorted sizes of waterproof adhesive wound
        dressings;

   (b)  a sufficient supply of waterproof adhesive plaster;

   (c)  a sufficient supply of eye baths;

   (d)  a stretcher.

(4) All items provided in a first aid box or cupboard in accordance with
paragraph (2) shall be in good condition at all times.

(5) A stretcher provided in accordance with a requirement under paragraph
(3)(d) shall be-

   (a)  kept alongside a first aid box or cupboard; and

   (b)  maintained in good condition at all times.

(6) Nothing except appliances and requisites for first aid shall be kept in a
first aid box or cupboard.

(7) Each first aid box or cupboard shall be marked plainly "FIRST AID" in
English and "急救" in Chinese.