Hurt at work? Start the claim process.

What to do when you're hurt at work:

Tell your supervisor.
Report your injury or illness as soon as practical (or before voluntarily leaving your workplace). Your employer is responsible for getting you any necessary first aid and for transporting you to a medical facility, if necessary. Your employer may ask you to complete a form with details on the injury/illness. This helps them file a report with WorkSafeNB and prevent other similar incidents from happening in the workplace.

Get the medical treatment you need.
Your doctor/nurse practitioner may recommend treatment for your injury and refer you to other health care practitioners. Be sure to ask about modified work duties and activities you can do to help your recovery. Always let your health care provider know that you were injured at work.

Report your injury or illness to us.
If you miss time from work or must see a health care provider for more than first aid because of the work-related injury, you may choose to apply for workers’ compensation benefits. If you are applying for benefits related to hearing loss, please complete the Application for Benefits - Occupational Hearing Loss.

 

DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM

Save the application to your computer or network drive BEFORE you start. Not doing so could result in loss of information. If opening the form in a web browser, we recommend using Internet Explorer or Edge. 

Before you start

Have the following information ready:

1. Medicare and social insurance numbers
2. Employer contact name, phone number and address
3. Details of your injury or illness, including date it happened and location
4. Health care provider name and date of visit, if you received medical treatment
5. Proof of income (pay stubs) for the four weeks before stopping work, if applying for loss-of-earnings benefits.
6. Banking information (branch, financial institution and account) 

Both you and your employer have a form to provide WorkSafeNB:

• Employee: Application for Workers’ Compensation Benefits (provide as soon as possible)
• Employer: Employer Report of Injury or Illness (due within three days of incident/accident/awareness of occupational disease)

(Please follow up with your employer to ensure they have all the information they need to complete the report (date and location of injury, etc.)

If you have any questions on your application, the claims process, potential benefits available, or healthy and safe return to work, contact us toll-free at 1 800 999-9775 (Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

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