New Brunswick form
WorkSafeNB physician report
When you treat a work-related injury or illness in New Brunswick, WorkSafeNB expects a physician’s report so the claim can be adjudicated and the worker treated. This is not WSIB Form 8, not WorkSafeBC 8/11, and not a Social Development disability medical. It is a workers’ compensation report: mechanism, findings, diagnosis, and work abilities.
What WorkSafeNB is asking
The first report tells the board what happened, what you found, what you diagnosed, what you did, and whether the worker can return to regular, modified, or no work. Later reports update recovery. Use WorkSafeNB’s current form or portal — not an Ontario Form 8 with the logo covered.
Reporting timelines and fees live on WorkSafeNB’s health-care provider pages, not in clinic folklore. Submit the way they currently require.
Entitlement is the board’s decision
Record the history you were given and the findings you made. You do not have to prove the employer is at fault. If the story and the injury do not match, write both.
Who completes it
- The physician or nurse practitioner who assessed the work injury.
- Other professions use the report types WorkSafeNB lists for them when they are the treating professional.
- Do not complete a first report for an injury you have not examined.
- If the ER already sent a first report, your next document may be a progress report, not a second “first visit.”
How to complete the sections
- Worker and employer identifiers. A misspelled name delays benefits.
- Date of injury, date first treated by you, claim number if known.
- History in the worker’s words, then your objective findings for that area.
- Diagnosis that matches the exam.
- Treatment, imaging, referrals, medications relevant to this injury.
- Work: regular, modified with weights/postures/hours, or off work, and until reassessment.
Restrictions must be usable on a shop floor. “Light duties” is not a restriction. If they cannot work at all, say which functions are unsafe.
Worked example (fictional)
WorkSafeNB — acute wrist sprain, family practice
Fictional 33-year-old mill worker. Do not copy into a real board report.
DOI: 2026-08-21. First treated: 2026-08-22. History: worker reports catching a falling board, forced ulnar deviation of the right wrist. No numbness in fingers, no open wound. Exam: swelling ulnar wrist, Tinel negative, scaphoid snuffbox nontender, neurovascular intact. Dx: right wrist sprain. No fracture on today’s films. Tx: splint, ice, NSAID if suitable, follow-up 7 days. No heavy gripping. Work: no lifting >5 kg with the right hand, no vibrating tools. Can do seated monitoring. Reassess 7 days. Not WSIB Form 8. Not a provincial social-assistance medical.
Why WorkSafeNB sends it back
- No work status.
- Missing injury date or practitioner identifiers.
- Ontario or B.C. form submitted in New Brunswick.
- Progress narrative used as a first report, or the reverse.
- Diagnosis that ignores a red flag you documented — or a red flag you claimed without findings.
Draft the WorkSafeNB report from the visit
In Scribeberry, open Forms, search for WorkSafeNB physician report, or upload WorkSafeNB’s current PDF. Generate from the encounter and your notes, then review every field before you sign. Scribeberry does not pre-map this form. You still review and sign. Scribeberry does not file with WorkSafeNB.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as WSIB Form 8?
Same job, different board. Form 8 is Ontario. New Brunswick uses WorkSafeNB’s report. Do not submit Form 8 to WorkSafeNB.
What if the worker also needs social-assistance disability paperwork?
That is a different department and a different form. Complete each. A WorkSafeNB report is not a Social Development medical.
Do I decide if the claim is accepted?
No. You report medical facts and work abilities. WorkSafeNB adjudicates entitlement.
Does Scribeberry submit this to WorkSafeNB?
No. Scribeberry helps you complete the PDF. You submit through WorkSafeNB’s process. Keep a copy in the chart.
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