Maritime Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/2010-120)

110. If an employee sustains an injury or becomes aware that they have a disabling injury or illness, the employee must, if possible, report immediately for first aid to a person who holds a first aid certificate.

• 111. (1) The employer must ensure that on board every vessel

  • (a) there is at least one person who holds a first aid certificate and who can immediately render first aid to employees who are injured or ill; and

  • (b) for every work place at which employees are working on live electrical equipment, there is at least one employee who has, in the 12 months before the performance of the work on the electrical equipment, successfully completed a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation given by an approved organization.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to shore-based employees for whom a first aid room, a health unit or a medical facility is provided on shore.

112. Emergency medical and dental care while employees are on board a vessel or landed in a foreign port must be provided free of charge.

113. Measures must be taken to ensure that employees have access, when in port, to

• (a) outpatient treatment for injury and illness;

• (b) hospitalization when necessary; and

• (c) dental treatment.

• 114. (1) The employer must provide and maintain for a work place set out in column 1 of Table 1 to this section the type of first aid kit set out in column 2 and a medical guide.

• (2) The first aid kit and its contents, as well as the medical equipment and medical guide carried on board a vessel, must be properly maintained and inspected at regular intervals of not more than 12 months, by a qualified person to ensure that supplies and equipment are properly stored and labelled with directions for their use and their expiry date, that all equipment functions as required and that all supplies have not reached or exceeded their expiry dates and are not set to expire before to the next scheduled inspection date.

• (3) Every first aid kit must be

  • (a) accessible when an employee is on board the vessel; and

  • (b) clearly identified by a conspicuous sign.

• (4) A first aid kit must contain the supplies and equipment set out in column 1 of Table 2 to this section in the applicable quantities set out in column 2.

  	Column 1	Column 2
  Item	Work Place	Type of First Aid Kit
  1.	On a vessel with
  	(a) 2 to 5 employees	A
  	(b) 6 to 19 employees	B
  	(c) 20 to 49 employees	C
  	(d) more than 50 employees	D
  2.	At a detached work place	E

  Item	Column 1	Column 2
  		Type of First Aid Kit
  		A	B	C	D	E
  	Supplies and Equipment	Quantity per Type of First Aid Kit
  1.	Antiseptic-wound solution, 60 mL or antiseptic swabs (10-pack)	1	2	3	6	1
  2.	Applicator-disposable (10-pack) [not needed if antiseptic swabs used]	1	2	4	8	–
  3.	Bag-disposable, waterproof, emesis	1	2	2	4	–
  4.	Bandage-adhesive strips	12	100	200	400	6
  5.	Gauze, Roll 2.5 cm × 10 m	2	6	8	12	–
  6.	Bandage-triangular-100 cm folded and 2 pins	2	4	6	8	1
  7.	Container-First Aid Kit	1	1	1	1	1
  8.	Dressing-compress, sterile 7.5 cm × 12 cm approximately	2	4	8	12	–
  9.	Dressing-gauze, sterile 10.4 cm × 10.4 cm approximately	4	8	12	18	2
  10.	Forceps-splinter	1	1	1	1	–
  11.	Manual-First Aid, English — current edition	1	1	1	1	–
  12.	Manual-First Aid, French –– current edition	1	1	1	1	–
  13.	Pad with shield or tape for eye	1	1	2	4	1
  14.	Record-First Aid (section 119)	1	1	1	1	1
  15.	Scissors — 10 cm	1	1	1	1	1
  16.	Tape-adhesive, surgical 1.2 cm × 4.6 m (not needed if ties attached to dressings)	1	1	2	3	–
  17.	Penlight	–	–	1	1	–
  18.	Antipruritic lotion 30 ml or swabs (10 packs)	1	1	1	2	–
  19.	Bandage-elastic 7.5 cm × 5 m	–	–	1	2	–
  20.	Blanket-emergency, pocket size	–	–	–	–	1
  21.	Dressing-burn, sterile, 10 cm × 10 cm	1	1	2	2	–
  22.	Dressing-burn, sterile, 20 cm × 20 cm	–	–	1	1	–
  23.	Hand cleanser or cleaning towelettes, 1 pack	1	1	1	1	–
  24.	Malleable splint set with padding	–	1	1	1	–
  25.	Stretcher	–	–	1	1	–
  26.	Gloves, disposable examination non-latex (pr)	5	10	20	30	5
  27.	Mask, barrier device for mouth to mouth resuscitation	1	1	2	3	1
  28.	Tongue depressor, disposable	5	5	10	10	–