Workers - WorkSafeNB

If you are injured
IF YOU ARE INJURED AT WORK
What should I do if I am injured on the job?
In the event of an accident, injury or occupational
disease at work, you must immediately take the
following action:
• Report the accident to your employer before
voluntarily leaving work, even if you do not
require medical attention.
• Get medical treatment, as required.
• File a claim for benefits using a Form 67 –
Report of Accident or Occupational
Disease. Your employer must provide you with
the form, and it should be completed jointly
and submitted to the WHSCC. You may submit
the form directly if you choose.
• If you seek medical attention for your injury
and your physician does not ask if it is workrelated,
you must indicate that it is a workrelated
injury, so that he/she can forward your
medical reports to the Commission immediately.
If you and your employer disagree about the
claim or any aspect of it, you must still complete
a Form 67 – Report of Accident or
Occupational Disease and forward it to the
Commission. Issues of dispute should be identified
on your Form 67, and the Commission will
investigate if necessary.
What should my employer do?
Immediately following your accident, your
employer should take the actions outlined below.
Under the WC Act, your employer must:
• Provide first aid for your injury.
• Provide or pay the cost of immediate transportation
from the injury site to a medical
treatment facility when required.
• Complete and submit a Form 67 for all accidents,
even you did not lose time from work.
This must be done within three days from the
date of the accident, or the date your employer
was notified of the accident.
Under the OHS Act, your employer must:
• Immediately contact the Commission (1 800
222-9775) to report any injury that causes or
may cause a fatality, a loss of limb or an
occupational disease, or that requires or may
require hospitalization.
What kind of information should be included
in the accident report?
When completing the accident report, it is
important that your employer obtain information
about the events leading up to the injury. He or
she should ask you whether there were any witnesses
to your injury, what specific activities you
were engaged in, and what your physical body
movements were, at the time of your injury.
Your employer should also speak with your
co-workers and any other individuals you have
identified as a witness.
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