Prevention

Together, we will prevent workplace injuries, illnesses, death and disability.

A PROVINCE WITHOUT WORKPLACE INJURY AND DISABILITY

Traditionally, when we think about prevention, we think of injuries or illnesses. WorkSafeNB, however, is changing this mindset. We define it as helping injured workers recover at work when possible, keeping them involved and productive.

“The key to prevention is anticipation. The challenge – and what we strive for – is to collaborate with workplaces to identify factors, or exposures, that lead to occupational illness or injury BEFORE harm occurs.”

– Johannes Doemer
Occupational Hygienist

Objectives

Strengthen accountability and effectiveness by offering the right services, at the right time and place, delivered by the right people.

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Influence a culture of safety, stay at work and early return to work in New Brunswick workplaces.

Leverage the capabilities, expertise and accessibility of our service provider networks and strategic alliances.

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effectiveness

Strengthen accountability and effectiveness by offering the right services, at the right time and place, delivered by the right people.

safety

Influence a culture of safety, stay at work and early return to work in New Brunswick workplaces.

network

Leverage the capabilities, expertise and accessibility of our service provider networks and strategic alliances.

Measures

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Health and safety index

The Health and Safety Index (HSI) measures the overall health and safety of New Brunswick’s workplaces. It considers five components – prevention, empowerment, workplace culture, enforcement and injuries – and 15 metrics of health and safety. The components are weighted and combined to reach the single index measure. The HSI offers us a more complete picture of progress on occupational health and safety and helps us determine where to concentrate our efforts.

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2024 target: Positive rate of change

 
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Percentage of workers off claim

WorkSafeNB measures the percentage of workers no longer on a workers’ compensation claim at 90 days and again at 180 days. These timeframes allow us to measure early intervention and stay-at-work initiative efforts, aimed at better supporting injured workers. We benchmark our results against ourselves, as well as other provinces.

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2024 targets:
90 days – 80% 
   180 days – 87.5%