WSIB - First Aid Program

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First Aid

As an employer in Ontario, you are required by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) and specifically the Workplace Safety & Insurance Act (WSIA) to have qualified employees trained in First Aid as a legislative requirement. HRCMS provides First Aid Training through associated trainers qualified and recognized by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board who have met the Board’s equivalency criteria as established and maintained by the WSIB. HRCMS’s trainers guarantee to provide enlightening, invigorating and refreshing instruction professionally presented level that sets the benchmark for other trainers to follow.

Please call for us for a free site-specific quote to ensure your company is meeting their WSIB and WSIA legislative requirements. You are required to have either 8-hour Emergency trained personnel or 16-hour Standard First Aid Trained personnel in charge of a first aid kit at all times.

Requirements for Employers in Ontario Under the...

Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997
Loi de 1997 sur la sécurité professionnelle et l'assurance contre les accidents du travail.

R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 1101

No Amendments

FIRST AID REQUIREMENTS

Workers per Shift	Training Required	WSIA Regulation 1101	Equipment
1-5 employees	Emergency First Aid & CPR	Section 8	F/A Kits meeting Section 8 of WSIA Regulation 1101
6-15 employees	Standard First Aid & CPR	Section 9	F/A Kits meeting Section 9 of the WSIA Regulation 1101
16-199 employees	Standard First Aid & CPR	Section 10	Section 10 of the WSIA Regulation 1101 - First Aid Kit, First Aid Station with 2 blankets and 1 stretcher
200 + employees	Standard First Aid & CPR	Section 10	Section 11 of the WSIA Regulation 1101 - First Aid Room equipped as detailed, Registered Nurse or worker who’s only function is to provide First Aid**

For further explanation of the WSIA Regulation 1101 please see the specific obligations that apply to your business as detailed in the legislation brochure provided by the WSIA : First Aid Requirements (Regulation 1101). In summary, regulations dictate that:

Expense of the First Aid Program
Inspections and documentation must be kept on record as described
Accessibility to all Emergency and First Aid Equipment or supplies
Employers must prominently display all required first aid certificates
Detailed records of all accidents and first aid treatment provided must be logged and kept as described