Health and Safety: Legal Series L 74 First aid at work. The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981. Guidance on regulations. 3rd edition (reissued with minor amendments - 2018 and 2024)

Publication Year

2013

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Sets out what employers need to do to address first-aid provision in the workplace. Minor amendments in 2024 are highlighting employers' responsibilities to take account of employees' mental health as part of first-aid needs assessments, a change of terms used within the document, additional guidance for employers if life-threatening bleeding is found to be a risk in the workplace and simplified guidance relating to first-aid training providers.

Document History

Supersedes L74 'First aid at work. The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981. Guidance on regulations. 3rd edition (reissued with minor amendments - 2018)' (HSE, 2013). This is a web version of L74 (third edition, published 2013 - reissued with minor amendments in 2018 and 2024). This version has been adapted for online use from HSE's current printed version. First published 1997. Second edition dated 2009. Third edition dated 2013 (reissued with amendments in 2015, 2018 and 2024). Published by TSO (The Stationery Office), part of Williams Lea. Published for the Health and Safety Executive under licence from the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office.

ISBN

9780717665600

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