Subpart K - Medical Services and First Aid

Subpart K provides the requirements on medical and first aid provides the requirements for medical services and first aid. 

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Special Requirements

Tab/Accordion Items

Scope: This standard provides the requirements for first aid and medical services.  

Special Requirements: Advice/consultation, training, first aid supplies

1910.151(a) - The employer shall ensure the ready availability of medical personnel for advice and consultation on matters of plant health.
 
1910.151(b) - In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the workplace which is used for the treatment of all injured employees, a person or persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available.
 
Near proximity (interpretation) -  "OSHA has long interpreted the term 'near proximity' to mean that emergency care must be available within no more than 3-4 minutes from the workplace. Medical literature establishes that, for serious injuries such as those involving stopped breathing, cardiac arrest, or uncontrolled bleeding, first aid treatment must be provided within the first few minutes to avoid permanent medical impairment or death. Accordingly, in workplaces where serious accidents such as those involving falls, suffocation, electrocution, or amputation are possible, emergency medical services must be available within 3-4 minutes, if there is no employee on the site who is trained to render first aid. OSHA does exercise discretion in enforcing the first aid requirements in particular cases. For example, OSHA recognizes that in workplaces, such as offices, where the possibility of such serious work-related injuries is less likely, a longer response time of up to 15 minutes may be reasonable."

 

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