2026 HSE Updates Week of August 19 – RAE, MHCC, 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: August 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: Jay
    • $100 Safety PRC Draw:  Brett P.
  • 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.
• Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) The Catalyst: This month’s mental health stories | Le Vecteur : Les articles du mois en santé mentale
  • From Silence to Systems Change: How Lived Experience Is Redefining Quality Mental Health Care: Today, Alisha Haseeb is a member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s Youth Council. But her journey — shaped by a silent struggle and a growing determination to help build a better system — wasn’t always smooth sailing.
  • In it together: Minneapolis made headlines last winter as a community caught up in a national crisis; a Canadian mental health workshop facilitator who visited at the time reflects on what he learned about stress and resiliency from its traumatized citizens.
  • Resource: Suicide Prevention & Life Promotion in Schools: National Guide Webinar Series: Suicide Prevention & Life Promotion in Schools: A National Guide for System Leaders (the National Guide) was created to support school system leaders with the challenging work of implementing suicide prevention in schools. In this six-part webinar series, the chapters of the National Guide are unpacked, and guest speakers enrich the material. The webinars were originally presented monthly from October 2025 to March 2026.
• Energy Safety Canada (ESC) Priority Learning Moments | Safety Notifications
  • Every incident shared has the potential to help the industry learn and improve. This time, one company has shared not one, but 17 incidents in the spirit of collective industry-wide learning. These incidents are organized by the Energy Wheel to help you see where the risks showed up and what was learned. Read the Latest Safety Notifications
    • Chemical:
      • Asbestos Found in Gaskets
      • Process Cooler Cleaning & Atmospheric Hazards
      • Maintenance Sour Gas Release
      • Sour Gas Release
      • ESDV Failure Due to Toggle Orientation
      • Gasket Blowout – Sour Produced Water
      • Truck Rack Hose Failure
      • Confined Space Pre-Access Atmospheric Testing
      • Suction Bottle Gas Release
      • Loss of Containment
      • Line Strike
      • Worker Exposed to H₂S Due to Acid Gas Release
    • Motion:
      • Spill Box Lid Crush Hazard
      • Significant Leg Injury Results in Lost-Time Injury
    • Electrical:
      • Excavator Contacts De-Energized Overhead Powerline
    • Temperature:  
      • Butane Leak and Flash Fire
    • Gravity:
      • Potential Dropped Object – Paddle Blind