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JHSC 3-day
Training
November 24-26,
2009
Caraquet
(F)
December 1-3,
2009
Fredericton
(E),
Saint John (E),
Woodstock (E)
January 12-14,
2010
Moncton
(E)
January 19-21,
2010
Moncton
(F),
Fredericton (E), Bathurst (E)
January 26-28,
2010
Saint
John (E)
February 2-4,
2010
Moncton
(E), Saint John (E), Fredericton (E),
Dalhousie (F)
February 9-11,
2010
Moncton
(E), Saint John (E)
February 16-18,
2010
Beresford (F)
February 23-25,
2010
Moncton
(E), Saint John
(E)
E indicates
workshops given in English
F
indicates workshops given in French
Click
here
or
call 1 800 222-9775 for more
information.
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Did you know ? |
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The
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) offers
three $3,000 scholarships for students enrolled (full-time or
part-time) in an occupational health and safety course or program
in a Canadian college or university.
The Dick Martin
Scholarship Award was established in memory of Dick Martin, a
tireless health and safety advocate and a pioneer of workplace
health and safety in Canada. Deadline for entries is January 31,
2010. For more information, click here or contact CCOHS at 1 800
668-4284. |
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| Stakeholder Profile
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Linda
Thomson – After a debilitating fall, she’s back on her
feet, and back to work. Read
more
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| 2010
Assessment Rates
Announced
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WorkSafeNB
has announced its 2010 average assessment rate. The rate will
increase slightly from $2.03 per $100 of payroll
in 2009,
to $2.08. The increase is effective January 1, 2010.
Read
more
| WorkSafeNB
appoints new
vice-president
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 Douglas Stanley, president and CEO of
WorkSafeNB, is pleased to announce that Shelly Dauphinee has
been appointed vice-president of WorkSafe Services Division,
effective November 16, 2009. Read more
| Winners
of Lost Youth contest
announced |
Congratulations
to Emma Clouston, Tristen Geldart and Geneviève
Robichaud, the winners of WorkSafeNB’s Lost Youth Tour
contest. Clouston,
a student at Bathurst High School, won a
PlayStation®3; Geldart, a student at JMA Armstrong
High School, won an iPod touch;
and Robichaud won a Dell NetBook. Continue
| Workplaces
encouraged to use CSA Standards now available to
view before
purchase |
Since
helping develop Canada’s first standard for hard
hats in 1948, the Canadian Standards Association
(CSA) has published
more
than 170 standards and guidelines, covering
everything from machinery and equipment to
office ergonomics and injury
prevention.
New Brunswick’s Occupational Health and
Safety Act references about 40 of these
standards. On October 1, 2008 the CSA launched a
pilot program to provide users with broader and
easier access to their occupational health and
safety standards.
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Q:
Do
we need to report cases of H1N1 to
WorkSafeNB?
Joe
Smith*
ABC
Company Limited*
Woodstock, NB
*Name
has been changed for privacy
purposes.
A: Cases
of H1N1 need only be reported to WorkSafeNB when
it can be confirmed that exposure occurred at
work, and not from some other source. (This
would normally only apply to health care
agencies.) For more information on H1N1, visit
the Department of Health’s H1N1 Flu Virus portal
at http://www.gnb.ca/0053/h1n1/index-e.asp.
If you
have a question for Ask us! please forward to
editor@ws-ts.nb.ca.
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Date of
Accident: |
October
22,
2009 |
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Injury
Type: |
Bruises
to
shoulder |
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Hospitalized:
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No |
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Industry:
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Construction
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Carpenter |
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Location: |
Southeast |
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Notes: :
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Worker
fell approximately 8 feet to the ground off a wall
bracket platform as he was working on construction of
exterior walls of a condominium.
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