California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 4 - Construction Safety Orders › Article 3 - General › Section 1512 - Emergency Medical Services

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Provision of Services. Where more than one employer is involved in a single
					 construction project on a given construction site, each employer is responsible
					 to ensure the availability of emergency medical services for its employees. The
					 employers on the project may agree to ensure employee access to emergency
					 medical services for the combined work force present at the job site. Such an
					 emergency medical service program shall be adequate to service the combined
					 work force present, but only one emergency medical program need be established
					 at such site.
(b) Appropriately
					 Trained Person. Each employer shall ensure the availability of a suitable
					 number of appropriately trained persons to render first aid. Where more than
					 one employer is involved in a single construction project on a given
					 construction site, the employers may form a pool of appropriately trained
					 persons. However, such pool shall be large enough to service the combined work
					 forces of such employers.
EXCEPTION: Engineering contractors or service providers
						on a job site not engaged in construction activity (e.g., operation of tools,
						equipment or machinery directly associated with construction) that are in
						compliance with the requirements of Section
						3400(b) of the
						General Industry Safety Orders.
(c) First-Aid Kit.
(1) Every employer working on or furnishing
					 personnel on a construction project, on line crews and on other short duration
					 or transient jobs shall provide at least one first-aid kit in a weatherproof
					 container. The contents of the first-aid kit shall be inspected regularly to
					 ensure that the expended items are promptly replaced. The contents of the
					 first-aid kit shall be arranged to be quickly found and remain sanitary.
					 First-aid dressings shall be sterile in individually sealed packages for each
					 item. The minimum first-aid supplies shall be determined by an
					 employer-authorized, licensed physician or in accordance with the following
					 Table:
Supplies for First
								Aid
Type of Supply Required
								by Number of Employees
Dressings in adequate quantities consisting
								of:
1-5
6-15
16-200
over
								200
1. Adhesive
								dressings
X
X
X
X
2. Adhesive tape rolls, 1-inch
								wide
X
X
X
X
3. Eye dressing
								packet
X
X
X
X
4. 1-inch gauze bandage roll or compress
X
X
X
5. 2-inch gauze bandage roll or
								compress
X
X
X
X
6. 4-inch gauze bandage roll or compress
X
X
X
7. Sterile gauze pads, 2-inch
								square
X
X
X
X
8. Sterile gauze pads, 4-inch
								square
X
X
X
X
9. Sterile surgical pads suitable for pressure
								dressings
X
X
10. Triangular
								bandages
X
X
X
X
11. Safety
								pins
X
X
X
X
12. Tweezers and
								scissors
X
X
X
X
* Additional equipment
								in adequate quantities consisting of:
13. Cotton-tipped
								applicators
X
X
14. Forceps
X
X
15. Emesis basin
X
X
16. Flashlight
X
X
17. Magnifying glass
X
X
18. Portable oxygen and its breathing
								equipment
X
19. Tongue depressors
X
Appropriate record
								forms
X
X
X
X
Up-to-date 'standard' or 'advanced' first-aid
								textbook, manual or equivalent
X
X
X
X
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* To be readily available but not necessarily within the
						first-aid kit.
(2) Other
					 supplies and equipment, when provided, shall be in accordance with the
					 documented recommendations of an employer-authorized, licensed physician upon
					 consideration of the extent and type of emergency care to be given based upon
					 the anticipated incidence and nature of injuries and illnesses and availability
					 of transportation to medical care.
(3) Drugs, antiseptics, eye irrigation
					 solutions, inhalants, medicines, or proprietary preparations shall not be
					 included in first-aid kits unless specifically approved, in writing, by an
					 employer-authorized, licensed physician.