Ontario
Businesses
Must Meet
First Aid
Requirements
T
he law that covers workplace safety and insurance in
Ontario includes a section (regulation) which outlines what
first aid employers must provide. Called Regulation 1101
- First Aid Requirements, it applies to all employers governed
by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Under the law,
employers must provide a variety of first aid supports, including trained personnel, facilities and equipment sufficient to offer
prompt first aid to injured workers.
Regulation 1101 does not require an employer to provide
first aid to the public, but applies only to the employer’s staff.
Federally regulated employers, e.g. inter-provincial trucking
companies, are not covered by this regulation. Their workplace
first aid requirements, while similar, are specifically set out in the
Canada Labour Code, Part II.
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• A first aid box containing the items required by the
regulation
• The WSIB poster known as Form 82, “In Case of Injury
Poster”
• Current first aid certificates of trained workers
• An inspection card for recording details of inspections of
the first aid box.
First aid boxes must be inspected quarterly. In addition, an
employer employing 200 or more workers in any one shift must
provide and maintain a first aid room.
A worker who is trained and who works in the immediate
vicinity of the first aid station must be in charge of it. First aid
stations must be easily accessible for the prompt treatment of
any worker at all times. Sometimes this means having more than
one first aid station in a workplace.
As a minimum, a first aid box must contain items required by
Regulation 1101. Items in the box must be maintained in good
condition at all times. The box must be large enough so that
each item is in plain view and easily accessible.
About keeping records
Employers must keep a record of all accidents. The record
will include a description of the accident, the date and time of
the occurrence, the names of witnesses, the nature and exact
location of the injuries to the worker and the date, time and
nature of each first aid treatment provided.
How many workers there are in the workplace determines the
level of training for first aiders.