First Aid Building

NSW Work Cover requirements are for a first aid room to be established, should 100 workers, or more, be engaging in a high risk work place.

IPB’s code compliant 1st aid building facilities include an external metal clad door with a minimum width of 1.0m, for stretcher access. A security steel lock box is also fixed to the external door, for client lock up purposes.

All IPB first aid facilities are stocked with, as standard:

• Sink & cupboard unit
• Auto boiling unit, wall mounted
• Bar fridge
• Microwave unit
• Reverse cycle air conditioner for heating, cooling and ventilation purposes
• 10 amp double GPO’s for appliances
• Electric hot water system
• Hot and cold taps
• 900 mm (h) x 1200 mm (w) aluminium sliding glass windows with flyscreens and security Amplimesh screens fitted
• Twin fluorescent 36 watt lighting, complete with diffusers fitted
• Wall mounted overhead lockable storage cabinets
• First aid signage to the building’s entrance door
• Privacy screen, retractable type, to the examination area of the building.
• Office desk with drawers
• Office chair and a visitor chair
• Examination couch, with a waterproof surface
• Notice boards and white boards are fixed to the wall linings, for site safety information notices
• Minimum appropriate floor area being 14 square metres, as a guide

Other on site considerations that the client will need to provide and maintain, as part of your projects workforce safety requirements, as outlined by NSW Work Cover:

• First aid kit appropriate for your workplace
• Hygienic hand cleanser and disposable paper towels
• Examination lamp complete with a magnifier
• Container complete with disposable lining for soiled waste
• Container for the safe disposable of sharps
• Bowl, or bucket, with a minimum two litres capacity
• Telephone and/or emergency call system
• Names and contact details of first aider’s and emergency organisations