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    Health & Safety

    Is Your First-Aid Kit Legal? What the Regulations Actually Require

    July 23, 2026 /

    ⚡ Quick answer A legal workplace first-aid kit is a stocked box matched to your workplace’s hazards — dressings, bandages, plasters, antiseptic, gloves, scissors, a CPR mouthpiece and more, with hazard-specific additions like eye-wash where chemicals are used. Boxes must be accessible, marked, and under a named person’s control, with monthly checks against a contents list. Once more than 10 employees are at work, you also need a certified first aider — one per 50 employees in shops and offices, one per 100 elsewhere. No medicines in the box, ever. The first-aid kit is the cheapest compliance item in the OHS Act — and one of the most common inspection…

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