{"id":6981,"date":"2022-09-23T15:41:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T15:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthandsafetyhelp.ca\/?page_id=6981"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:00:12","slug":"occupational-health-and-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/healthandsafetyhelp.ca\/nb\/employer-advice\/occupational-health-and-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational Health and Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What is the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In New Brunswick, the <em>Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) <\/em>sets\u00a0the health and safety requirements for provincially regulated businesses. The <em>OHSA <\/em>legislation is enforced by New Brunswick Occupational health officers through inspections, investigations, and prosecutions.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Employer Responsibilities Under OHSA\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>New Brunswick&#8217;s employers have a duty to protect the health and safety of their workers. They must do everything they can in preventing injury, illnesses, and death in the workplace. To ensure employers fulfill this duty, the <em>OHSA <\/em>requires employers to do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep the workplace safe by protecting, training, and supervising employees.<\/li>\n<li>Educate employees on their rights under <em>OHSA <\/em>legislation.<\/li>\n<li>Consult the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee when resolving workplace health and safety concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Cooperate with employees complying with <em>OHSA <\/em>legislation.<\/li>\n<li>Provide employees with information on hazards and health and safety in the workplace, including a copy of the <em>OHSA.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Develop a health and safety policy and program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check to make sure you are fulfilling these criteria in your workplace. Is your business compliant with the <em>OHSA?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Establishing a\u00a0Health and Safety Representative\u00a0or\u00a0Joint Work Site Health and Safety Committee\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>New Brunswick requires employers to have a health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee to help assess and protect the workplace. Based on the number of employees, a business must have one or the other:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5-19 employees: health and safety representative<\/li>\n<li>20 or more employees: joint health and safety committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reps and committees work to involve your staff in the safety of your business. By working together, you can reduce hazards, have open communication, and ensure the safety of everyone at your workplace.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Need help complying with the Occupation Health and Safety Act?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Speak with our Health and Safety advisors to find out what you need to do to keep your business up to date with the latest health and safety legislation. We can help you comply with the <em>OHSA <\/em>and any other provincial or federal legislation that may impact your business.<\/p>\n<p>Call us today at <a href=\"tel:+1-888-215-2550\">1-888-215-2550<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation?\u00a0 In New Brunswick, the Occupational Health&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":6949,"parent":6937,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6981","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Occupational Health and Safety - Health &amp; Safety Help<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/healthandsafetyhelp.ca\/nb\/employer-advice\/occupational-health-and-safety\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Occupational Health and Safety - Health &amp; 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