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Field Technician Safety Management

Many companies struggle with how to manage safety for their field service technicians This blog post will briefly explore these challenges and how to manage them. Managing service technician safety poses many unique challenges for companies who deploy technicians to field projects. Often times these employees work and dispatch from home and rarely, if ever, report to the home office. Once deployed, they often work in remote locations in very hazardous working conditions with little, if any supervision, which [...]

By Russell Carr|2022-03-21T12:51:14-05:00March 24th, 2017|OSHA Health & Safety, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off

The Trump Administration’s Anti-Regulation Rhetoric Is Putting American Workers & The Environment At Risk

How The Trump Administrations Anti-Regulation Message Will Hurt American Workers, Local Communities & The Environment The Trump Administration's anti-regulation rhetoric, combined with recent environmental, health and safety roll backs, is likely creating a “perception problem” among some business leaders that these regulations are no longer relevant or important. For example, I’ve heard several of our customers joke or comment about this issue in recent months. The common theme being, “Now that Trump’s in office, we don’t need to worry about [...]

By Russell Carr|2020-06-02T11:46:21-05:00March 8th, 2017|Fed Regulation, Government Regulation, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, State & Local Regulation, Texas Hazardous Materials Regulations, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off

Will The Trump Administration’s Regulatory Reform Agenda Include Roll-Back of EHS Regulations That Impact Industry and Small Businesses?

Update: As it turns out, the Trump administration had minimal overall impact on environmental, health and safety compliance issues as they pertain to most businesses. There's no doubt that the administration did negatively impact the environment by rolling back Obama era protections, and pulling back from the Paris accords, but these moves didn't directly impact US business. On the OSHA front, Trump probably recognized that his blue collar base of support wouldn't appreciate damaging safety protections, so we saw little [...]

By Russell Carr|2021-08-05T10:29:18-05:00January 8th, 2017|Fed Regulation, Good To Know, Government Regulation, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, State & Local Regulation, Texas Environmental Regulations, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off

New OSHA Reporting & Record Keeping Requirements

Update: These OSHA 300 log electronic reporting requirements that went into effect in 2016 are ongoing. Before reading below, checkout this quick video from OSHA which summarizes why the rule changes are happening and what you can expect. In May, OSHA published the final rule revising their 1904 regulations. These regulations cover reporting, recording, and recordkeeping of work-related injuries and illnesses. The biggest change implements an electronic reporting component for all Construction (NAICS starting with 23) and Manufacturing (NAICS starting [...]

By Russell Carr|2022-03-21T12:52:51-05:00December 29th, 2016|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off

Trump’s New EPA & DOL Appointees

What Could Trump's EPA & DOL Appointee Choices Signal for EHS Regulation in Texas? As the owner of an environmental, health and safety consulting business, you can bet that I’ve been carefully monitoring the President Elect’s transition process, especially given his campaign promises to reduce regulation. I’ve been awaiting clues that could signal how his administration intends to approach EHS regulation, especially as it applies to small manufacturing, construction and general industry businesses. I’ve been especially interested to see who he [...]

By Russell Carr|2020-06-26T17:49:48-05:00December 15th, 2016|Good To Know|Comments Off

Used Oil Disposal Regulations in Texas

Used Oil Regulations In Texas Many different types of Texas companies generate waste oil and are therefore subject to all relevant storage, transportation and disposal regulations for used oil. Companies who fail to do this can face still environmental fines and penalties, and additional related liabilities. Used oil can be generated by a wide variety of businesses including manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, industrial services, construction, printing and many others. There’s a common misconception that environmental and hazardous waste management [...]

By Russell Carr|2017-12-17T22:31:17-05:00November 28th, 2016|Hazardous Waste Management, Texas Environmental Regulations, Texas Hazardous Materials Regulations|Comments Off