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The BS-8599 First Aid Kits
New standards for the provision of First Aid within the workplace have been introduced. BS 8599- 1:2011.
The new BS-8599 First Aid kits are the only kits compliant with these standards. Employers are required to make a risk assessment to decide what the hazard levels are and how many employers are involved in the area to be covered.
We have provided a useful guide to help match your risk assessment to an appropriate BS-8599 kit.
| Category of Hazard | Number of Employees | Number and Size of First Aid Kits |
| Low Hazard e.g. shops, offices, libaries. | Less than 25 | Small Kit |
| 25 - 100 | Medium Kit | |
| More than 100 | 1 Large Kit per 100 employees | |
| High Hazard e.g. most construction, work with dangerous machinery, chemical manufacture. | Less than 5 | Small Kit |
| 5 - 25 | Medium Kit | |
| More than 25 | 1 Large Kit per 25 employees | |
| Lone Worker e.g. lorry drivers, travelling contractors. | 1 | 1 Travel/ Lone Worker Kit per vehicle |