2026 HSE Updates Week of October 5 – RAE, WCB, OHS, ESC

Greetings,

Please review the applicable HSE Updates.

• Company Safety Meeting Presentation:   deadline: two weeks following the Company Safety Meeting
  • It is mandatory to review the Company Safety Meeting on SiteDocs and sign-off that you have done so. If the deadline has passed – you missed it but are still expected to review and sign-off the presentation in SiteDocs.
• H&S Bulletin: Answer due by 8am last Friday of the month
  • Attached: October 2026 Health and Safety Bulletin
• Health and Safety Committee: Next Meeting: usually Thurs before last Fri of the month
  • If you can’t join the HSC meetings,  you can still participate by providing feedback, questions, or concerns to hsc@raeengineering.ca. Please submit feedback prior to the next meeting so it can be brought forward.
  • The HSC meets the last Thursday of each month at 1pm via Teams
  • Previous HSC Meeting Minutes can be found in the Teams Channel and on SiteDocs
• Safety Rewards Program:  Where your commitment to RAE’s Safety Culture is rewarded!
  • Submit more cards! Be specific in how your coworkers contribute to safety! The latest PRC winners are:
    • $500 Best Card Winner: Tyson
    • $100 Safety PRC Draw: Mark W.
  • If you have any questions or concerns about the Safety Rewards Program, or would like to sign-up to do a presentation, please email hsc@raeengineering.ca.
• Peer Recognitions: Due by Company Safety Meeting each month
• Certificates Reminder:
  • Please send all your certs to raesafety@raeengineering.ca. We need to have them on file should clients as for them and submitting to safety sites for clients. SiteDocs does not allow certs to be downloaded and screen shots can’t always be taken (depending on the size of the file uploaded)
• SiteDocs Forms Reminder:
  • After completing monthly inspections, send the form to the branch manager for them to sign

• WCB Alberta
  • See: Worksight 2026, Issue 7: Four ways to strengthen your return-to-work program
• OHS
  • See: OHS eNews – October 2026. Overview includes:
    • New: Effective OHS communication: supporting worker understanding and participation
    • Updated: Approved first aid training agencies
    • Ergonomics Month
    • World Mental Health Day: Oct 10. Learn more about mental health in the workplace and psychosocial health and safety hazards.
    • Small Business Week: Oct. 18 – 24. Some of these resources include the OHS starter kit — intended primarily for small and medium-sized business owners — and a resource on participation in health and safety for small business owners and workers. Be sure to check out the Employer category on the OHS Resource Portal.
    • Eye protection. For more information on eye protection, visit the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety’s (CCOHS) website. 
    • Upcoming webinars:
      • Ergonomics Month
        • Date: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026
        • Time: 2 – 3 p.m.
      • Building the Foundations of Safe, Fair, Healthy Workplaces
        • Date: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026
        • Time: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
      • Overview of PIR program
        • Date: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026
        • Time: 9 – 10:30 a.m.
      • Employment Standards in Alberta, Terminations and Termination Pay
        • Date: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026
        • Time: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
      • Temporary Foreign Worker Advisory Office (TFWAO), TFW & Employer Rights and Responsibilities
        • Date: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026
        • Time: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
    • OHS Beyond the Numbers: Psychological Injury Claims
• Energy Safety Canada (ESC)
  • See: Help shape what’s next for Energy Safety Canada
    • Energy Safety Canada is conducting our annual stakeholder survey, and we want to hear from you. Each year, this survey helps us take a pulse check on how we’re doing — understanding what’s working, where we can improve, and what matters most to the industry and the organizations we serve.
    • Estimated completion time:  6-8 minutes · Open until October 16, 2026
  • Industry-Submitted Incident Notification: Dropped Blocks: A service rig was doing a workover, running rods, when the rod transfer cable became stretched and frayed. A Driller and Derrickhand stopped to replace the frayed rod transfer cable. During the replacement, the Driller chained the brake handle but did not engage the disc brake. The brakes cooled and released, causing blocks to fall uncontrolled to the ground.
    • For details, see: Priority Learning Moments | Dropped Blocks
  • Safety Alert: Excavator Impalement – Life-Altering Injury: A worker was performing routine maintenance on an excavator at a worksite. The worker was standing on a built-in equipment platform on the excavator while completing the maintenance task.  The worker lost their balance and fell from the platform, contacted the excavator mirror mount/bracket, and fell to the ground, resulting in a serious, life-altering abdominal injury.
    • For details, see: Priority Learning Moments: Safety Alert | Excavator Impalement
  • IRP 24 has been updated and version 2 has been sanctioned as of September 2026. This IRP contains recommended practices to help ensure the safety of workers, the public and the environment during fracture stimulation operations.
    • See: IRP 24 Fracture Stimulation Now Available