General Regulation 91-191 is undergoing numerous legislative changes in 2022 and 2023 that will enhance health and safety in New Brunswick workplaces. Due to the broad range of topics, the proposed changes will be implemented in three phases.
- Phase I: June 2022
- Phase II: February 2023
- Phase III: Anticipated in June 2023
New and updated resources will be published on this page as they become available.
Amendments now in effect
- Air quality and ventilation requirements
- Confined space
- Critical lifts
- Electrical safety (updated resources coming soon)
- Hoisting apparatus standards updates
- Hot tapping
- Laboratory safety
- Logging and silviculture
- Lockout for piping
- Pedestrian safety (near forklifts) (updated resources coming soon)
- Updating occupational exposure limits to 2016 levels
- Welding
- Working with materials containing asbestos