Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/86-304)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-26 and last amended on 2012-12-07. Previous Versions

First Aid Rooms

  • 16.9 (1) If 200 or more employees are working at any time in a workplace, the employer shall ensure that a first aid room is provided and that it is clearly identified by a conspicuous sign.

  • (2) A first aid room may be used for purposes other than first aid if

    • (a) the minimum floor area required for first aid is maintained;

    • (b) there is no potential for delay in the administration of first aid; and

    • (c) the use for those other purposes will not impede the treatment of an injured employee or pose a hazard to employees.

  • (3) Subsection (1) does not apply if a health unit or medical treatment facility at which medical treatment is provided without charge to employees is readily accessible.

  • SOR/88-632, s. 73(F);
  • SOR/94-263, s. 61(F);
  • SOR/2000-328, s. 2.

  • 16.10 (1) Every first aid room provided in accordance with section 16.9 shall be

    • (a) under the supervision of a first aid attendant;

    • (b) located as close as practicable to the workplace and within easy access to a toilet room;

    • (c) situated on a minimum floor area of 10 m2 and constructed to allow for optimum ease of access to persons carrying a patient on a stretcher;

    • (d) maintained in an orderly and sanitary condition; and

    • (e) equipped with

      • (i) a washbasin supplied with cold water and hot water that meets the standards set out in Part IX,

      • (ii) a storage cupboard and a counter,

      • (iii) a separate cubicle or curtained-off area with a cot or bed equipped with a moisture-protected mattress and two moisture-protected pillows,

      • (iv) a table and two or more chairs,

      • (v) a telephone, or other effective means of communication, and an up-to-date list of appropriate emergency contacts and telephone numbers for use in emergencies, and

      • (vi) the first aid supplies and equipment set out in Schedule IV to this Part.

  • (2) In every first aid room referred to in subsection (1),

    • (a) the air shall be changed at least once each hour; and

    • (b) the temperature

      • (i) shall be maintained at not less than 21oC, measured one meter above the floor, when the outdoor temperature is 21oC or less, and

      • (ii) to the extent that is reasonably practicable, when the outdoor temperature in the shade exceeds 24oC, shall not exceed the outdoor temperature.

  • SOR/88-632, s. 74(F);
  • SOR/2000-328, s. 2.

Transportation

16.11 Before assigning employees to a workplace, the employer shall

  • (a) ensure that for that workplace there is an ambulance service or other suitable means of transporting an injured or ill employee to a health unit or medical treatment facility; and

  • (b) provide for that workplace a means of quickly summoning the ambulance service or other suitable means of transportation.

  • SOR/2000-328, s. 2.