HSE Updates Week of 11 January 2023 – RAE, OHS, MHCC,

Greetings,

Please review the applicable HSE Updates.

• Company Safety Meeting Presentation:   due Fri 13 January 2023
  • If you have not already done so by the deadline, please review the attached Company Safety Meeting and Employee training presentation and indicate that you have done so by replying to Reception. If the deadline has passed – you missed it.

• January H&S Bulletin: Answer due by 8am Friday 27 January 2023
  • See attached: January 2023 Health and Safety Bulletin
• Health and Safety Committee: Next Meeting: Thursday 19 January 2023 at 1pm
  • 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
  • HSC Meeting Minutes can be found on Acumatica document HSE000252
• Hazard Reporting: Due by end of each month
  • Once a month, submit at least 1 hazard ID, incident, accident, or near miss to hazardreporting@raeengineering.ca to demonstrate your commitment to thinking about safety
  • Non-work-related incidents count as well, just indicate that it was not work-related in the subject.
• Safety Rewards Program: Where your commitment to RAE’s Safety Culture is rewarded!
  • October winners (we may have got over excited by Safety swag and forgot to choose November winners):
    • Best Safety Card ($500): Brent Buzzell-Hunt
    • PRC Draw ($100): Jay Ravi
  • 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
• 2023 HSE Manual Knowledge Check: testmoz.com/12407464 Due: Tues 28 Feb 2023
  • All RAE Employees are expected to successfully complete the 2023 HSE Manual Knowledge Check by Tues 28 Feb 2023.
  • RAE Contractors will be expected to complete the 2023 Knowledge Check after contract negotiations for the 2023 year
• Client Orientations:
  • With a new year, many clients are updating their orientations. A master list of client orientations made known to RAE Safety are compiled in Acumatica Doc RAE000020-Client Site Requirements and Orientations Tracker which is updated as orientations are made known.

OHS

• OHS has issued their OHS eNews – January 2023 which features:
  • Upcoming legislation changes
    • Miscellaneous amendments in the OHS Code
    • First Aid 
    • Control of Hazardous Energy
    • Working from home
    • Oil and gas wells – Part 37 in the OHS Code
    • Noise Exposure

Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

• MHCC has issued their latest issue of Catalyst | Le Vecteur, highlights include:
  • Sugar and Spice – and Trying to Be Nice: Navigating the pull of different holidays (Christmas vs Kwanzaa)
  • May your days be merry and bright as possible: Dealing with feelings of stress and loss over the holiday season
  • Get Outside to Get into Your Head: Using activity and the outdoors as part of mental health activity