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Online registration for WorkSafeNB’s 32nd Annual
Health and Safety Conference now open!
Avoid
disappointment and get into the workshops you want ‑ register
early for WorkSafeNB’s 32nd Annual Health and
Safety Conference, September 26-28, at the Saint John Trade
and Convention Centre. Click here for more
information.
Beat the summer
heat
For
many New Brunswickers, working outdoors is part of the job.
Farmers, carpenters, landscapers, road crews, tree planters,
lifeguards, painters, and roofers are just some of the workers
exposed to summer heat. Indeed, being outside may be what
attracted people to these jobs in the first place.
But
working outdoors can have its setbacks – without proper
planning, heat and sun exposure can lead to serious health
problems. More
Betting the farm on
safety
Nestled
in the St. John River Valley’s lush rolling hills lies some of
the country’s most fertile cropland. For many residents here,
farming is a way of life.
That’s why 2012 marks the
sixth year WorkSafeNB is sponsoring a Progressive Agriculture
Safety Day® event, to raise
farm danger awareness in the province’s agricultural belt.
More
Buyer
beware
It has
been brought to WorkSafeNB’s attention that various health and
safety organizations are offering to rewrite New Brunswick
employers’ health and safety policies for a fee, to comply
with the requirements of Bill C-45.
Also known
as the Westray Bill, Bill C-45 was the result of the 1992
Westray coal mining disaster in Nova Scotia where 26 miners
were killed in a methane gas explosion. More
In
the Courts
Twin Rivers Paper
Company pleaded guilty April 26, 2012, to an offence
under the OHS Act for failing to establish a written
lock out procedure for a machine and ensure that an employee
who may have to lock out a machine has been adequately trained
to do so. A worker was hospitalized after his hand was crushed
when it became jammed between a strapper and a metal post. The
company was fined $6,000, plus a $1,200 victim surcharge. The
company will also make a $1,800 charitable
donation.
Clair Industrial Development
Corporation Ltd. was found guilty June 7, 2012, to a
charge under subsection 242(5) of General Regulation
91-191 of the OHS Act. On May 21, 2010, a worker
was hospitalized after his finger was lacerated when he tried
to dislodge a piece of wood that was stuck in a planer. He had
failed to de-energize the machinery and the blade was not
properly guarded. The company was found guilty for failing to
ensure the machine was modified to protect employees from the
hazards associated with the lack of an adequate safeguard. It
was fined $2,000 plus a $400 victim
surcharge.
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DID YOU KNOW
?
According
to Environment
Canada, New Brunswick is home to Canada’s hottest
summers. As such, employers must learn to recognize the
signs and symptoms of heat stress. If left untreated,
heat stress can rapidly progress into heat cramp and
heat exhaustion, and even into heat stroke, which can be
fatal.
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JHSC
WORKSHOPS
July 10-12,
2012 Dieppe
(E), Tracadie-Sheila (F)
July 17-19,
2012 Saint
John (E)
August 7-9,
2012 St.
George (E)
August 14-16,
2012 Fredericton
(E)*
August
21-23, 2012 Dieppe (E), Woodstock
(E), Saint John (E)
August 28-30,
2012 Dieppe
(E)
LOCKOUT
WORKSHOPS
August 29,
2012 Miramichi
(E)
December 5,
2012 Campbellton
(F)
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