Economy British Standard First Aid Kits
BS 8599 First Aid Kits.
During 2011 The British Standards Insitute published BS-8599-1: 2011 Workplace First Aid Kits. This is the first British standard specifying the contents of workplace First Aid Kits. This clearly establishes a standard for workplace first aid provisions and the contents of the new kits are more aligned with today's worplace risks and First Aid needs.
What Kit is required?
Employers are required to make a risk assessment as to the level of hazards in their workplace and combining this with the number of employees, appropriate kits should be selected.
| Category of Hazard | Number of Emplyees | Number & Size of Kit |
| Low Hazard e.g Shops, Offices, Libraries etc. | Fewer than 25 | 1 x Small Kit |
| 25-100 | 1 x Medium Kit | |
| More than 100 | 1 x Large Kit per 100 Employees | |
| High Hazard e.g Light Engineering and Assembly | Fewer than 5 | 1 x Small Kit |
| Work, Food Processing, Warehousing, extensive | 5-25 | 1 x Medium Kit |
| work with Dangerous Machinery or Sharp Instruments, | More than 25 | 1 x Large Kit per 25 Employees |
| Construction, Chemical Manufacture etc. | ||
BS8599 Small Kit
£21.13 (exc VAT)
BS8599 Medium Kit
£30.90 (exc VAT)
BS8599 Large Kit
£39.80 (exc VAT)
