| Category of Risk | Number Employed at Each Location |
Suggested
Minimum Number of First Aid Personnel |
| LOWER RISK | ||
| e.g. shops, offices | Less than 50 | 1 Appointed Person |
| 50 to 100 | 1 First Aider | |
| More than 100 | 1 Additional First Aider per 100 | |
| MEDIUM RISK | ||
|
e.g. light engineering, food processing, warehousing |
Less than 20 | 1 Appointed Person |
| 20 to 100 | 1 First Aider | |
| More than 100 | 1 Additional First Aider per 100 | |
| HIGH RISK | ||
|
e.g. construction, chemical manufacture, dangerous machinery |
Less than 5 | 1 Appointed Person |
| 5 to 50 | 1 First Aider | |
| More than 50 | 1 Additional First Aider per 100 |
Table from ACOP L74, issued March 1997 - correct at January 2004