Potential Hazards:
Injuries to workers may worsen due to inadequate or delayed access to
medical treatment.
Requirements and Example Solutions:
- If a first aid room and a qualified attendant are not close at hand,
an adequate first aid kit and a qualified person to administer first
aid must be available on the vessel. [1915.98(a) and
(b)]
- A stokes basket or equivalent must be available when there are
ten (10) or more employees working. [1915.98(d)]
Additional Resources:
- Bloodborne pathogen standard applies to qualified attendants. [1915.1030]
- Bloodborne Pathogen standard interpretation,
July 2, 1992.
- Model Plans and Programs for the OSHA
Bloodborne Pathogens and Hazard Communications Standards. OSHA
Publication 3186, (2003), 521 KB
PDF, 29 pages.
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Figure 1: First aid kit must be available when first aid facilities are not near the work site.
Figure 2: Stokes basket and other first aid supplies available for use in portable manbasket. |
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