WorkSafeNB has launched PlaySafeNB, a new grant program offering up to $5,000 per project to help youth sports organizations across New Brunswick strengthen physical and psychological safety in sport. A… …
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OHS LawWorkplace Safety
PREMIUM Tribunal overturns fraud finding in workers’ comp case involving barrel racing surveillance
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Cooke subsidiary ordered to pay $6K for 2022 fall leading to death of worker in New Brunswick
By Andrew Bates | Telegraph Journal The mother of a 24-year-old Newfoundland and Labrador man who died in hospital after falling from a ladder while working for a Cooke, Inc. subsidiary… …
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WorkSafeNB funds workplace safety program for high school students
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberWorkSafeNB is supporting an e-learning program designed to teach high school students about workplace safety before they enter the workforce. The Step Up Your Safety program, created by safety advocate… …
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Training & EducationWorkplace Safety
New Brunswick student video competition offers $1,000 prize for workplace safety content
WorkSafeNB has opened its annual Focus on Safety Student Video Competition, challenging New Brunswick high school students to create two-minute videos on workplace safety for cash prizes up to $1,000.… …
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Legislation & Government PolicyWorkplace Safety
WorkSafeNB launches new finance system for corporate suppliers
WorkSafeNB is rolling out a new finance system that will change how corporate suppliers submit invoices and track payments starting in early February. The workers’ compensation board will implement Oracle… …
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Legislation & Government PolicyWorkplace Safety
N.B. trucking companies urge additional government action on the Driver Inc. model
By Remko van Rhijn | River Valley Sun Trucking companies across New Brunswick and the Maritimes welcome Ottawa’s recent crackdown on the so-called Driver Inc. model, but warn that without sustained,… …
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Jury recommends training, supervision changes in inquest into fatal 2024 accident in New Brunswick
By Andrew Bates | Telegraph Journal A coroner’s jury is recommending that equipment be used only as intended after a 27,000 kilogram trailer slipped off the front of an “offroad forklift”… …
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Atlantic Business Magazine has named WorkSafeNB as one of Atlantic Canada’s Best Places to Work for 2026. The organization was selected from 255 nominees across the region. The designation adds… …
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Coroner’s inquest to examine wind turbine worker’s death in New Brunswick
A coroner’s inquest will examine the workplace death of Matthew Brawn, who died following an accident while erecting wind turbines in Kings Rural District last summer. The two-day inquest is… …



