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Hiring An In-House Environmental, Health & Safety Manager Doesn’t Necessarily Result In Compliance

The title and subject of this blog post may come as a surprise to some readers, but certainly not all of you. The fact is, it’s often true that companies who choose to hire an in-house EHS manager subsequently fail to achieve nor maintain regulatory compliance. This scenario is especially true among small companies, which will be the focus of this blog post. All too often, once small businesses come to the realization that they need EHS compliance help, [...]

By |2021-10-21T22:22:04-05:00June 16th, 2016|Good To Know, OSHA Health & Safety|Comments Off on Hiring An In-House Environmental, Health & Safety Manager Doesn’t Necessarily Result In Compliance
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New OSHA Rule Spells Potential Trouble For Employers

Update August 20201: OSHA's electronic injury and illness reporting requirements remain in effect although many impacted companies remain unaware of this requirement. We are updating this blog to make employers aware and to answer basic questions: Last week OSHA announced a significant new rule which will mandate that virtually all employers in high hazard industries (including manufacturing and construction) submit their safety record data to electronically OSHA each year (ie: OSHA 300 logs). OSHA will then publish those records on-line [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:50:51-05:00May 18th, 2016|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations|Comments Off on New OSHA Rule Spells Potential Trouble For Employers
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Hiring A Safety Manager Is Hard!

What follows is the first part of a two part blog post: The first one will discuss the difficulties involved in recruiting and hiring a qualified safety manager, and the follow up post will discuss the fact that even if your company succeeds in making a hire, it won’t necessarily guarantee that your company will become nor maintain OSHA compliance. Both posts are based on my own internal company experiences as well as my experiences in the environmental, health [...]

By |2021-07-26T11:42:45-05:00May 12th, 2016|Good To Know|Comments Off on Hiring A Safety Manager Is Hard!
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New OSHA Confined Space Requirements for Construction

Many Texas construction companies are still unprepared, and some even unaware, to deal with OSHA's updated compliance requirements for confined space entry.  These new requirements put significant responsibilities not only on companies who execute confined space entries, but also on General Contractors who are obligated to ensure the health & safety of their projects. Here's a brief summary of the key new OSHA Confined Space requirements: The following information applies to the construction industry standard for confined space, which can [...]

By |2021-08-13T13:17:24-05:00May 1st, 2016|Good To Know|Comments Off on New OSHA Confined Space Requirements for Construction
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TCEQ Environmental Compliance Fines & Penalties

  Many small Texas manufacturers struggle with understanding and managing their EPA and TCEQ environmental compliance obligations. This puts them at risk for major regulatory fines and penalties, not to mention putting their local communities at risk for environmental damage. Some common environmental compliance requirements for Texas manufacturers include Storm Water permitting, Air permitting and authorizations, Hazardous Waste Management and hazardous materials reporting. Many small Texas manufacturers are totally unaware of these requirements, let alone how to manage them. Here's [...]

By |2021-10-26T13:53:06-05:00May 1st, 2016|Good To Know, Government Regulation, Hazardous Waste Management, Texas Environmental Regulations, Texas Hazardous Materials Regulations|Comments Off on TCEQ Environmental Compliance Fines & Penalties
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