We develop educational resources for a variety of sectors to support healthy and safe workplaces in New Brunswick. You can search our publications by title and date below to print or view online. To order printed publications, please email publications@ws-ts.nb.ca.
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
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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)
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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
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A 51-year-old woodworker sustained facial and eye injuries when struck by plastic fragments and acid from an exploding battery.
Cart Safety | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: June 1, 2004
Français: La sécurité liée à l’utilisation des chariots
| Version PDF
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Every year, New Brunswick workers are injured using carts.
Cigarette Lighter Starts Fire | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: April 1, 2004
Français: Un briquet déclenche un incendie
| Version PDF
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Two employees were seriously burned while working in an automobile garage.
Safe Practices for Product Delivery | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: April 1, 2004
Français: Pratiques sécuritaires pour la livraison de produits
| Version PDF
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Delivery personnel are exposed to a variety of hazards in the many diverse workplaces where they make deliveries.
Supervisor Crushed Under Falling Wall Partitions | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: April 1, 2004
Français: Un superviseur est écrasé sous un amas de cloisons
| Version PDF
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While attempting to support a load weighing in excess of 450 kilograms (1,000 pounds), a supervisor in a pre-manufactured home plant sustained a serious head injury.
Worker Dies When Van Strikes Truck, Pinning Him Underneath | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: April 1, 2004
Français: Un travailleur meurt écrasé sous un camion qui a été frappé par une fourgonnette
| Version PDF
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Following an extensive paving project, a resident contacted the construction contractor to remove a pile of debris left at the end of their driveway.
Worker Fatally Injured in Rock Crusher Explosion | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: February 1, 2004
Français: Un travailleur subit un accident mortel lors de l’explosion d’un concasseur de roche
| Version PDF
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Description:
Shortly after starting up the rock crusher for a day’s production, the operator spotted smoke coming from the transmission housing.
Automobile Air-Conditioning Refrigerants: Danger of Flammable Compounds | PDF Version
Type: Hazard Alerts
Date: February 1, 2003
Français: Les frigorigènes pour la climatisation des véhicules automobiles : Danger des composés inflammables
| Version PDF
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Description:
Mixtures of flammable compounds are sometimes used as replacement refrigerants in automobile air-conditioning systems.
