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FACTORIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 60

First-aid.

60.(1) There shall be provided and maintained so as to be readily accessible a
first-aid box or cupboard of the prescribed standard, and where more than one
hundred and fifty persons are employed an additional box or cupboard for every
additional one hundred and fifty persons.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the number of persons employed in a
factory shall be taken to be the largest number of persons employed therein at
any one time, and any fraction of one hundred and fifty shall be reckoned as
one hundred and fifty.

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

(4) Each first-aid box or cupboard shall be placed under the charge of a
responsible person who shall, in the case of a factory where more than fifty
persons or more than such lower number of persons as the Ministry may by
regulations prescribe, are employed, be trained in first-aid treatment, and
the person in charge shall always be readily available during working hours.

(5) A notice shall be affixed in every workroom stating the name of the person
in charge of the first-aid box or cupboard provided in respect of that room.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (4) a person shall not be deemed to be
trained in first-aid treatment unless he satisfies the prescribed conditions.

(7) Where a contravention of subsection (4) is committed through a failure to
comply with so much thereof as requires the person in charge of a first-aid
box or cupboard to be trained in first-aid treatment, it shall be a defence in
any proceedings for the contravention to prove that the defendant made all
reasonable efforts to secure compliance but was unable to do so.

(8) If an ambulance room is provided at the factory and such arrangements are
made as to ensure the immediate treatment there of all injuries occurring in
the factory, the chief inspector may be certificate exempt the factory from
the requirements of this section to such extent and subject to such conditions
as he may specify in the certificate.

S.61 rep. by SR 1979/246

Removal of dust or fumes.

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