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2026 HSE Updates Week of October 19 – RAE, ESC

  • October 22, 2026

2026 HSE Updates Week of October 19 – RAE, 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
  • 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
  • Energy Safety Canada (ESC)
    • (Energy Safety Canada Online attached)
      • Industry-Submitted Notification
        • Dropped Blocks | IN-030:. Read More
        • Vehicle Risk from Vegetation Build-Up | IN-031: Read More
        • Smoke in a Motor Control Centre: Internal Failure of a Variable Frequency Drive | IN-032: Read More
      • Safety Alert
        •  Excavator Impalement – Life-Altering Injury | 04-2026: Read More
      • What does Process Safety look like in your organization?
        • Energy Safety Canada’s Process Safety Community of Practice invites industry leaders to share their perspectives in a 10-15-minute questionnaire on how process safety management is implemented and sustained across the industry. Your feedback will help us understand the current state of PSM across Canada, identify common practices and challenges, and help shape our future resources. The survey closes November 30. Take the Survey
      • Provinces transitioning to Permanent Daylight Saving Time
        • Beginning this November, British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba will no longer change their clocks twice a year and will instead remain on permanent daylight time within their respective provincial time zones.
        •  Supervisors and companies should consider how the change may affect work schedules, travel and operations, particularly with reduced daylight during morning and evening hours. Planning ahead can help ensure adequate daylight and safe working conditions as crews and organizations adapt.
      • Industry Insights Potentially Serious Incidents & Fatalities 2026: Report
    • 30-Day Industry Review: IRP 22 Updates on RMD/UBD/MPD Operations (attached)
      • IRP 22 is now available for final 30-day industry review. This update reflects a limited-scope review of IRP 22 to align with updates to API 92M regarding dynamic influx management, definition standardization and MPD training considerations. Feedback deadline: November 12, 2026
    • Register Now: Changing the Conversation Around Injury Management (attached)
    • Industry Feedback Needed: Safety Critical Equipment Guideline Draft (attached)
      • Available for Industry Review | Safety Critical Equipment Guideline
        • Energy Safety Canada invites industry stakeholders to review the draft Safety Critical Equipment Guideline and share their feedback before its official release. 
        • This guideline outlines four approaches to identifying Safety Critical Equipment:
          • Prescriptive – Generic
          • Risk Based – Qualitative – Generic
          • Risk Based – Semi-Quantitative – Generic of Facility-Specific
          • Risk Based – Quantitative – Facility-Specific
        • Deadline for feedback: November 6, 2026