CPR, First Aid & AED Training Requirements
Safety First Consulting and Robert Box, of Georgetown, TX, are offering Adult CPR, First Aid and AED training to assist businesses in complying with OSHA requirements. The training is certified by the American Red Cross.
As part of an OSHA compliant safety program, employers with employees who work more than 4 minutes away from emergency medical care must have someone on staff trained to render first aid and CPR.
OSHA’s standards for first aid training are as follows:
General Industry – 29 CFR 1910.151(b)
In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the workplace, which is used for the treatment of all injured employees, a person or persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available.
Construction Industry – 29 CFR 1926.50(c)
In the absence of an infirmary clinic, hospital, or physician, that is reasonably accessible in terms of time and distance to the worksite, which is available for the treatment of injured employees, a person who has a valid certificate in first-aid training from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the American Red Cross, or equivalent training that can be verified by documentary evidence, shall be available at the worksite to render first aid.
Although there is not a requirement associated with the number of people per workplace that must be trained in CPR and first aid, it is generally accepted that at least 2 workers per worksite are trained (to increase the likelihood that one of the two are present on-site at all times during work hours). Additionally, at least 1 worker per 20 workers should be trained in CPR and first aid at each workplace that is more than 4 minutes from emergency care.