WorkSafeNB is investigating a workplace accident on June 12 that claimed the life of a young New Brunswick worker.
WorkSafeNB is investigating a workplace accident on June 12 that claimed the life of a young New Brunswick worker.
Saint John, N.B. - Physicians in Atlantic Canada now have access to online courses in occupational medicine thanks to a strategic alliance between WorkSafeNB, the Workers’ Compensation Boards of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and Dalhousie University.
In 2011, more than 10,500 New Brunswick workers were hurt on the job, four of them fatally.
WorkSafeNB is investigating a workplace accident on April 4 that claimed the life of 36-year-old Luc St-Onge.
One of the lowest injury frequency rates in the country, reduced claim durations, and a funding status of 116.9% are some of the highlights featured in WorkSafeNB’s 2011 Annual Report, released recently.
WorkSafeNB is pleased to welcome its new president and chief executive officer, Gerard Adams, of Riverview.
Sharon Tucker, chairperson of WorkSafeNB’s board of directors, announced to the organization today the recent appointments of two new board members.
On January 5, 2011 at approximately 8:30 p.m., 17-year-old Patrick Desjardins died from an electrical shock he received while using a floor buffer that had been plugged into a standard 110-volt power source.
On December 2, 2010 at approximately 8:25 a.m., Adam Harris, a 25-year-old employee of Dominion Refuse Collectors, died when he was struck by a large garbage bin that was being hoisted into the back of a refuse collection truck while collecting refuse in Blacks Harbour, N.B. Harris was from Canal, near St. George, NB.
