Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 61

Provision of first aid box or cupboard

(1) The contractor responsible for a construction site at which 5 or more
workmen are employed shall provide and maintain so as to be readily accessible
a separate first aid box or cupboard for every 50 workmen or part thereof
employed on the site.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a first aid box or cupboard shall-

   (a)  contain the items specified in the Second Schedule and any additional
        items required under paragraph (3); and

   (b)  have a sufficient capacity to hold those items.

(3) The Commissioner may, by notice in writing to the contractor, require him
to provide at the construction site any of the following additional items-

   (a)  two wooden splints measuring 900 millimetres long, 60 millimetres wide
        and 10 millimetres deep; (L.N. 238 of 1983)

   (b)  two wooden splints measuring 600 millimetres long, 60 millimetres wide
        and 10 millimetres deep. (L.N. 238 of 1983)

(4) The contractor shall at all times ensure that-

   (a)  the items in the box or cupboard are maintained in a serviceable and
        sanitary condition; and

   (b)  all materials for dressings in the box or cupboard are those
        designated in, and are of a grade not lower than the standards
        specified by, the British Pharmaceutical Codex or by any supplement to
        it.

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

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