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IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AT WORK
In the event of an accident, injury or occupational disease at work, you must immediately:
- Report the accident to your employer before leaving work, if possible.
- Get medical treatment, if required, and advise the treating physician that this is a work-related
injury so that the medical reports can be forwarded to WorkSafeNB as soon as possible.
- A complete report of the accident must be made even if you do not require medical attention. Along with your employer, complete an accident report (Form 67 - Report of Accident or
Occupational Disease) and ensure that the report is forwarded to WorkSafeNB. If there is disagreement between you and your employer, you must still complete Form 67 and forward it to WorkSafeNB immediately. Please note: you and your employer cannot agree not to report the accident. All accidents must be reported to WorkSafeNB.
What is an accident?
Under the Workers’Compensation Act, an accident can be one of the following:
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| (i) | a wilful and intentional act, not being the act of the worker who suffers the accident; or |
| (ii) | a chance event or incident occasioned by a physical or natural cause; or |
| (iii) | a disablement caused by an occupational disease; or |
| (iv) | a disablement or disabling condition; all arising out of and in the course of employment. |
| It does not include the disablement of mental stress or disablement caused by mental stress, unless it is a result of an acute reaction to a traumatic event. |
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What is an occupational disease?
Any disease that is peculiar to or characteristic of a particular industrial process, trade or occupation, and which is declared to be an occupational disease by regulation.
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Your Post-Accident Responsibilities
- Keep your appointments with your health care providers (physicians, physical therapists, chiropractors, etc.)
- Ask your health care providers to send reports to WorkSafeNB.
- Follow the treatment plans developed by your health care providers.
- Advise WorkSafeNB if you stop working or need to change your duties because of your injury.
- Keep receipts for expenses directly related to your workplace injury.
Your Employer’s Responsibilities
- Provide or pay the cost of immediate transportation from the injury site to a medical treatment
facility.
- Report the injury to WorkSafeNB:
- Immediately – if the accident causes or may cause a fatality, loss of limb, or occupational disease.
- Within 24 hours of occurrence – in the case of an accidental explosion or an accidental exposure to a biological, chemical or physical agent at a workplace [Subsection 43(4) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act].
- Within three days of notification – if the scenario does not fit either of the above two descriptions.
Your Health Care Provider’s Responsibilities
- Send their reports to WorkSafeNB as soon as possible.
- Help you understand what is wrong and what can be done to assist your recovery.
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