HSE Updates Week of 10 Sep 2025 – RAE, MHCC, 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.
• 2025 Emergency Response Drills: All staff are required to participate/sign-off for their assigned branch(es).
• H&S Bulletin: Answer due by 8am last Friday of the month
  • See attached: September 2025 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, attached, 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 are contributing to safety! The latest PRC winners are:
    • $500 Best Card Winner: Pieter Burger
    • $100 Safety PRC Draw:  Gerard
  • 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

Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

• MHCC has issued their latest issue of The Catalyst Magazine | Revue Le Vecteur which includes:
  • We Have to Talk About Ageism: Is this the most socially normalized form of discrimination? Our series explores these and other related concepts.
  • Let’s Get Visible: Older adults deserve more than just a cameo in society – why some feel unnoticed in society and what we can do about it. Our series explores these and other related concepts.
  • Fact Sheet: Care for Older Adults in Canada: Whether you are one or are supporting one. Insights, tips, and resources.
  • Talking About Suicide: Course designed to provide healthcare providers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to recognize suicide risk and to engage in meaningful conversations with their clients about suicide.

OHS

• OHS has issued their latest OHS eNews – September 2025 which features:
  • New and Updated resources available in the OHS Resource Portal including resources just released in Cree, Dene, and Blackfoot as well as updated Occupational health and safety quizzes (eLearning).
  • Pneumococcal vaccine available for workers at risk of long-term continuous exposure to metal fumes. Appointments can be booked by calling 811, your nearest public or community health centre, or you can also call your local pharmacy; some offer walk-in immunization services.
  • Drive safely as students return to school
  • Apprenticeship Day – September 22: Apprenticeship Day is a great opportunity for apprentices and employers to check out Alberta’s OHS resources for Young workers to help support a healthy, safe and successful start to a young or new workers’ career.
  • Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Day – September 28
  • Free upcoming live webinars, for more information or to register for one of the sessions, visit alberta.ca/employment-standards-webinars:
    • Young workers: 16 September, 7pm-8pm
    • Disability management: 23 September, 9am-10:30am
    • Employment Standards in Alberta – Vacation Pay and General Holiday Pay: September 11, 1:30pm
    • Temporary Foreign Worker Advisory Office – TFW and Employer Rights and Responsibilities: September 25, 1:30pm
    • Small Business Week – Job-protected Leaves: October 14, 11am
    • Small Business Week – Terminations and Termination Pay: October 16, 11am
  • WCB’s Worksight newsletter
  • OHS: Beyond the numbers featuring leading sources of PSIs involving a lifting device
    • A resource on positive stop or limiting devices on multiple-overhead-crane lifts is available on the portal

Energy Safety Canada (ESC)

• ESC has issued their 2025 ESC Stakeholder Survey to help them better understand workplace safety needs and how they can best contribute. The survey will take 5-7 minutes and you will be entered into a draw to win one of five $100 Amazon gift cards.