Publications

2006 Annual Report
Type: Corporate Reports
Date: April 1, 2006
Français: 2006 – Rapport annuel de Travail sécuritaire NB
Availability: Online only
Description:

The Commission will promote a safe and healthy work environment to the workers and employers of New Brunswick, and efficiently provide quality services, just adjudication and fair administration of the legislation.

WorkSafeNB Newsletter (Volume 12 # 1) (Spring 2006)
Type: Newsletters
Date: April 1, 2006
Français: Bulletin de Travail sécuritaire NB (Volume 12, nº 1) (Printemps 2006)
Availability: Online only

Link to CMS Content Version Frozen "Mushroom Cap" Handle Traps Worker Inside Freezer | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: February 1, 2006
Français: Un travailleur est resté pris à l’intérieur d’un congélateur lorsque la poignée « en forme de chapeau de champignon » a gelé | Version PDF
Availability: Online only
Description:

An employee who was working alone at a restaurant entered a walk-in freezer. When the door closed, the employee was unable to move the “mushroom cap” handle to open the door from the inside. 

Link to CMS Content Version Hook Smashes Through Window, Strikes Worker | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: February 1, 2006
Français: Un crochet casse une fenêtre pour ensuite frapper un travailleur | Version PDF
Availability: Online only
Description:

An operator sustained head and facial injuries while he was attempting to transfer a roll-off waste container from a flat bed truck onto the bed of his roll-off truck.

WorkSafeNB Newsletter (Volume 11 # 2) (Fall 2005)
Type: Newsletters
Date: September 1, 2005
Français: Bulletin de Travail sécuritaire NB (Volume 11, nº 2) (Automne 2005)
Availability: Online only

Link to CMS Content Version 05 – Respirators - Types
Type: Safety Talks
Date: June 1, 2005
Availability: Online only
Description:

There are different types of respirators, ranging from disposable paper masks to self-contained breathing apparatus with full face masks and air cylinders.

Link to CMS Content Version New Brunswick Worker Buried Alive | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: April 1, 2005
Français: Un travailleur néo-brunswickois est enterré vivant | Version PDF
Availability: Online only
Description:

An employee was placing drainpipe at the bottom of a 1.8 m deep x 2 m wide trench when a cave-in occurred, with fatal results. 

Link to CMS Content Version Workers Crushed While Unloading Waste Container | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: April 1, 2005
Français: Des travailleurs sont écrasés en déchargeant un contenant à déchets | Version PDF
Availability: Online only
Description:

Two operators of waste compacting units were injured, one fatally, in separate incidents when they were crushed by a container being unloaded. 

WorkSafeNB Newsletter (Volume 11 # 1) (Spring 2005)
Type: Newsletters
Date: April 1, 2005
Français: Bulletin de Travail sécuritaire NB (Volume 11, nº 1) (Printemps 2005)
Availability: Online only

Link to CMS Content Version Battery Explosion Injures Worker | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: July 1, 2004
Français: Une explosion de batterie de véhicule blesse un travailleur | Version PDF
Availability: Online only
Description:

A 51-year-old woodworker sustained facial and eye injuries when struck by plastic fragments and acid from an exploding battery.