Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 32
Employer obligations 32 (1) Every employer with control over a workplace must (a) when assessing the risk of illness or injury at the workplace for the purpose of the occupational health and safety program, consult with a medic, if one is required at the workplace, and take into account (i) the location of the workplace and the expected delay in obtaining emergency medical services, (ii) the layout of the workplace, and (iii) environmental factors, including thermal considerations; (b) develop, in consultation with a medic, if one is required at the workplace — and with a specialized dive physician, if a dive project is to be carried out from the workplace — a written medical emergency response plan that addresses all reasonably foreseeable emergencies at the workplace and takes into account the location of the workplace, the time of year at which the work is to be carried out, the expected number of persons at the workplace during normal operations and the workplace’s maximum capacity; (c) determine, in consultation with a medic, if one is required at the workplace — and with a specialized dive physician, if a dive project is to be carried out from the workplace — the type and quantity of first aid and medical supplies and equipment, medication and facilities needed to respond to all reasonably foreseeable injuries and illnesses at the workplace and ensure that those supplies, that equipment, those medications and those facilities are provided, maintained, replenished and replaced as necessary; (d) establish and make readily available to all persons at the workplace written procedures for promptly obtaining first aid or medical care for any injury or illness, including procedures to follow while awaiting that care; (e) keep a diagram indicating the location of all first aid kits and medical rooms conspicuously posted at the workplace; (f) keep an up-to-date list of telephone numbers for use in emergencies conspicuously posted near every fixed telephone at the workplace; (g) keep a list of all medics and first aiders who are present at the workplace, as well as information on how and when they may be contacted and where they may be located, conspicuously posted in every medical room at the workplace; (h) keep a list of all medics who are present at the workplace — or, if no medic is required, of the first aiders who hold the highest level of first aid certificate held by any first aider at the workplace — as well as information on how and when they may be contacted and where they may be located conspicuously posted (i) on the bridge, if the workplace is a vessel, or (ii) at the location where the installation manager referred to in section 198.2 of the Act is expected to be during an emergency, if the workplace is not a vessel; and (i) ensure that the number of first aiders and medics set out in columns 2 to 4 of the following table that correspond to the number of persons at the workplace set out in column 1 are present at the workplace and readily available to provide prompt and appropriate first aid or medical care to persons at the workplace: TABLE Item Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Number of persons at the workplace Number of first aiders with standard first aid certificate or higher Number of additional first aiders with advanced first aid certificate or qualifications equivalent to those of a medic Number of medics 1 6–10 1 plus 1 for every 2 persons in excess of 6 0 0 2 11–30 3 plus 1 for every 2 persons in excess of 10 1 0 3 31–40 13 plus 1 for every 2 persons in excess of 30 1 0 4 More than 40 17 plus 1 for every 2 persons in excess of 40 2 plus 1 for every 10 persons in excess of 40 1 First aid kits (2) The first aid supplies referred to in paragraph (1)(c) must include first aid kits that (a) conform to CSA Group standard Z1220, First aid kits for the workplace ; (b) contain only the supplies necessary for rendering first aid, which are maintained in a clean, dry and serviceable condition; (c) are inspected a