First Aid and Medical Appliances

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....erson in-charge and the nearest hospitals, shall be displayed at a conspicuous place in English or Hindi and in local language; (ii) in each shift, every first-aid box or cupboard is kept in the charge of a worker or supervisor who holds a certificate in first-aid treatment and who is always be readily available during the working hours of the above establishments or part thereof. At least one fully equipped first-aid box or cupboard in every department or section is available and maintained properly all the time during working hours. The number of first aid boxes has to increase if the number of employees is more than 200 employees in department or section. The illustrative list of contents of every first-aid box or cupboard is at....

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....on duty suffers from serious bodily injury or illness of a serious nature or as the nature of injury and illness as decided by the first aider, from every establishment mentioned above or part thereof to the nearest dispensary or hospital; (vi) every employee receiving an injury during the course of work shall report the same to the worker or supervisor who holds a certificate in first-aid treatment and who shall make arrangements for rendering first-aid to the injured as may be required. Where the employee receiving an injury is not in a position to report the same to the worker or supervisor who holds a certificate in first-aid treatment, it shall be the duty of the person who first comes to know of it to report the same to the w....

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.... (b) in every opencast working, a first-aid station- (i) at every shovel or dragline loading point; (ii) at rest shelter and portable rest shelter, if any; (iii) at pumping station; (iv) at re-fueling station; (v) at dump yard; (vi) at every other place where more than 50 persons are employed at any one time. (c) below ground, one first-aid station - (i) at the bottom of every shaft where men or material are normally wound and at or near every plant; (ii) near the drive end of every haulage; (iii) in or at the entrance to every district or section of the mine: Provided that nothing in this sub-rule shall be construed to require the prov....