New
seatbelt campaign reminds operators of motorized vehicles to
buckle up
Buckle
up and stay alive – because you’re not the only one along for
the ride!
This is the message WorkSafeNB is promoting
in a new campaign targeted at operators of motorized vehicles,
such as forklifts, tractors, and backhoes. The campaign was
launched November 15, with radio ads, and is supplemented with
materials such as a hazard alert, poster, and
decal.
“Since 2005, three workers have died because
they were not wearing their seatbelts. On top of that, several
near-misses and serious injuries have occurred,” said Richard
Blais, chief compliance officer with WorkSafeNB. “We’ve
launched this campaign to remind both workers and employers
that seatbelts must be worn not only in cars and trucks, but
in heavy equipment and other motorized vehicles, and that the
law will be enforced.” Click here to
read
more.
For a copy of the poster,
decal or forklift safety quiz, please contact the
Communications Department at 506 633-5660 or email publications@ws-ts.nb.ca.
Assessment rates
reduced for 2011
Effective
January 1, most businesses in New Brunswick with three or more
employees will see a decrease in their provisional average
assessment rate. Improved investment returns and reduced
accident frequency and costs warranted an average rate
reduction of four percent, from $2.08 per $100 of payroll in
2010 to $2. The minimum assessment rate will also be reduced,
from $0.35 per $100 of payroll to $0.32. Of New Brunswick’s
14,100 employers, 84 percent will see their rate
decrease.
“This is good news for all New Brunswickers.
Injury costs play the largest part in determining assessment
rates, so it means that New Brunswick’s workplace safety is
improving,” said Doug Stanley, WorkSafeNB’s president and
CEO.
WorkSafeNB recognizes
Canadian Red Cross and DEW Engineering for impressive efforts
in improving workplace health and safety
At
the Company Recognition Awards Breakfast on October 18,
WorkSafeNB recognized DEW Engineering and Development and the
Canadian Red Cross for their impressive efforts in improving
workplace health and safety. Click here to
read more.
WorkSafeNB hosts
another successful health and safety conference
WorkSafeNB’s Annual Health and Safety
Conference held in Moncton October 17-19, attracted more than
700 participants, representing the highest attendance in the
conference’s 30-year history. In addition to the high numbers,
the conference garnered high praise. Of those delegates who
responded to a general evaluation survey, 81.7% rated overall
satisfaction with the conference as excellent or very good.
Click here to read
more.
Workplace Health and
Safety Questionnaire
WorkSafeNB is continually trying to
improve its services to New Brunswick workers and employers.
To help us with this, we ask for your feedback on our
prevention services we offer to New Brunswick workplaces and
as well as the prevention activities in your own
workplaces.
If you didn’t complete the survey at our
recent Health and Safety Conference in Moncton, this
questionnaire is intended for you. We value your participation
and privacy, and all information provided will be kept
strictly confidential.
Employees,
managers/supervisors and health and safety
professionals, please take a few moments to provide
us with your views. There are only 21 questions and it will
take less than four minutes.
Thank you very much for
your help. YOUR OPINIONS COUNT!
Click here to
complete survey, and to choose your language
preference.
Ask
Us
Q: Are stickers and
marker writing allowed on hard hats or do these chemicals
affect the hat’s composition and compromise its ability to
protect the head?
John Smith* ABC Company Limited* Bathurst, NB
*Name has been changed for
privacy purposes A: CSA
Standard Z94.1, Industrial protective
headwear - Performance, selection, care, and
use, outlines the
requirements and limitations for stickers and tape as well as
painting of protective headwear (sections 5.7.2 and 5.7.6).
Following is section 5.7 from the CSA standard:
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JHSC WORKSHOPS
November 30-December 2,
2010 Grand
Falls (F)* Moncton
(E)
December 07-09,
2010 Fredericton (E), Moncton* (E),
Saint John (E), Tracadie
(F)
December 14-16,
2010 Saint John
(E)
January 11-13,
2011 Dieppe (F), Fredericton (E),
Saint John (E) ,Woodstock
(E)
January 18-20,
2011 Dieppe (E), Saint John
(E)
January 25-27,
2011 Dieppe (E), Grand
Falls (F)
View or
register for upcoming
workshops
E indicates workshops given in
English F indicates workshops given in French *
indicates workshop is currently
full
DID YOU KNOW
?
November is Diabetes Awareness
Month
More than 2.5 million Canadians have been
diagnosed with diabetes, and it’s estimated another half
million have the disease but are unaware of it and
remain undiagnosed. While most people could describe how
diabetes can affect an employee’s health, wellness and
productivity, many may not realize how our workplaces
can affect diabetes. Stress, sedentary work, poor diet
and irregular sleeping patterns due to shift work are
some factors that can lead to adult-onset diabetes. To
learn more about the relationship between diabetes and
the workplace, contact the Canadian Diabetes Association
at 1 800 BANTING (226-8464).
EVENTS
November 30 and December 1,
2010 Consulting
Skills for the OH&S
Professional Sarnia,
Ont.
December 4 and 5,
2010 Consulting
Skills for the OH&S Professional Toronto,
Ont.
November 30,
2010 Human Rights Act
and Your Employees Trade and Convention
Centre Saint John,
N.B.
December 15-16,
2010 Employer’s
Duty to Accommodate Toronto,
Ont.
February
16, 2011 A Guide to
Challenging Return-to-Work
Situations CCOHS
Webinar
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