Mines and Quarries Act 1954

First Aid

91 First aid

(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to secure the provision thereat of adequate facilities and equipment for the purpose of rendering first-aid to persons employed at the mine who, while so employed, suffer bodily injury or become ill.

(2) Regulations may—

(a) determine for mines of any class what are adequate facilities and equipment for the purposes of the foregoing subsection;

(b) require the attendance at mines during working hours of persons trained in first-aid treatment and the making and carrying out at mines—

(i) as respects persons who, while employed below ground thereat, suffer bodily injury or become ill, of such arrangements for their conveyance from the place where they were injured or became ill to the surface as may be prescribed; and

(ii) as respects persons who, while employed thereat (whether above or below ground), suffer bodily injury or become ill, of such arrangements for their conveyance (where necessary) to hospitals or their homes as may be prescribed.