The principles type a part of the subsidiary laws underneath the Occupational Security and Well being Act, 2007 and are relevant to all workplaces underneath the Act.
Kenya’s Directorate of Occupational Security and Well being (DOSH) is within the strategy of revising the First Aid Rules first printed in 1977. In a discover to stakeholders in occupational safety and health, DOSH famous {that a} Technical advisory committee has ready a draft of the revised First Aid guidelines. Stakeholders are invited to submit feedback on the draft earlier than 4th December 2020. A validation workshop for a similar might be held in February 2021.
The Present First Aid Rules, formally often called Factories (First Aid) Rules, 1977 [LN. No. 160] have been first printed in June 1977. The principles now type a part of the subsidiary laws underneath the Occupational Security and Well being Act, 2007 and are relevant to all workplaces underneath the Act.
Among the necessities within the present First Aid guidelines embrace;
- Description of the contents of a first-aid field with respect to measurement of a workplace
- Present that the first-aid field ought to solely be underneath cost of a skilled first-aider from a authorities acknowledged first-aid coaching establishment.
- Require that the first-aider ought to commonly go for refresher course.
The federal government can be within the strategy of amending the Occupational Security and Well being Act 2007 in addition to sure provisions of the Office Accidents Profit Act (WIBA) 2007. In accordance to statements attributed to the cupboard secretary for labour, Simon Chelugui, the Occupational Security and Well being Invoice 2019 invoice was to be being reviewed by Treasury and if no objection, be forwarded to the cupboard for approval.