FACTORIES ACT

Section 43: First-aid.

1987Section 43 of 89Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) There shall be provided and maintained so as to be readily accessible a first-aid box or cupboard of the prescribed standard, and where more than 150 persons are employed an additional box or cupboard for every additional 150 persons.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section the number of persons employed in a factory shall be taken to be the largest number of persons employed therein at any one time and any fraction of 150 shall be reckoned as 150, so however, that where the persons employed are employed in shifts, the calculation of the number employed should be according to the largest number at work at any given shift.
(3) Nothing except appliances or requisites for first-aid shall be kept in a first-aid box or cupboard.
(4) Each first-aid box or cupboard shall be placed under the charge of a responsible person who shall always be readily available during working hours, and a notice shall be affixed in every workroom stating the name of the person in charge of the first-aid box or cupboard provided in respect of that room.

Cite this section

Section 43, FACTORIES ACT (1987).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/factories-act/section/43/