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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

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Maritime Occupational Safety Regulations, 1994

Chapter I : General

5. First-aid kit and first-aider

 

Every employer shall ensure that—

(1) where more than five employees work on board a vessel where the vessel's medicine and medical appliances are not readily accessible, a portable first-aid kit is made available at or near the workplace where the employees are engaged and there is readily available at that workplace a person qualified in practical first aid; and
(2) the minimum contents of the portable first-aid kit is as follows:

 

Contents

Quantity

Wound cleanser (Cetrimide 1% solution)

1 x 200 ml

Pain relief tablets (e.g. paracetamol-codeine combination)

25

Antiseptic burn/wood cream (e.g. Proviodine)

25g

Paraffin gauze dressings 400 mm x 100 mm

1 tin

Paraffin gauze dressings 100 mm x 100 mm

1 tin

Eyedrops (Naphazoline)

10 ml

Crepe bandage 75 mm x 6 mm

1

Roller bandages 75 mm x 6 mm

2

Triangular bandages

2 large

Cotton wool

1 x 50g

Wound dressings 150 mm x 100 mm

2

Wound dressings 200 mm x 150 mm

1

Elastic adhesive wound dressing 25 mm x 1 m

1 roll

Self-adhesive wound dressings, assorted

50

Gauze 90 mm x 5 mm

1

Eyeshield

1

Tweezers

1 pair

Scissors, stainless steel, 100 mm blunt/sharp

1 pair

Assorted safety pins, brass, large

1 packet

Splints, in net for neck, arms and leg

1 set

Surgical gloves

2 pairs