Texas Environmental Compliance Fines & Penalties

Many small Texas manufacturers struggle with understanding and managing their TCEQ and 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 a summary of potential environmental fines and penalties that [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:51:50-05:00May 1st, 2016|Hazardous Waste Management, Texas Environmental Regulations, Texas Hazardous Materials Regulations|Comments Off on Texas Environmental Compliance Fines & Penalties

Environmental & TCEQ Compliance Risks

Many small Texas manufacturers really struggle to manage environmental and TCEQ rules, regulations and laws. Unfortunately this not only puts the environment and local community at risk, but also the company at risk for major TCEQ and EPA environmental fines and penalties that can run into the $hundreds of thousands of dollars, and can exceed a $million in some cases. We recently conducted a brief environmental assessment for a Texas manufacturer and identified the following compliance failures and risks.  This summary [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:46:32-05:00April 26th, 2016|Hazardous Waste Management, Texas Environmental Regulations, Texas Hazardous Materials Regulations|Comments Off on Environmental & TCEQ Compliance Risks

OSHA General Duty Clause Explained

OSHA General Duty Clause Explained Many employers are unaware of OSHA’s general duty clause which essentially states that employers must identify and correct any health or safety hazards even if those hazards aren’t covered under an existing OSHA standard (aka “law”). Companies who fail to manage this responsibility put their employees at risk for serious injuries and even fatalities, and their companies at risk for huge fines and penalties as well as potential civil and criminal liabilities. OSHA’s General Duty [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:55:41-05:00April 17th, 2016|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on OSHA General Duty Clause Explained

Employee Complaints Trigger OSHA Inspections

Employee Triggered OSHA Inspections Here is a very critical stat that every business owner in a high hazard industry, such as manufacturing, construction, or industrial services, needs to know: Between 2009 and 2013, an average of 20% of all inspections were triggered by an employee complaint. The percentage of employee triggered inspections rose to 24% last year and that’s because OSHA takes these complaints very seriously and is responding by doing more and more follow up inspections. Keep in mind that [...]

By |2021-09-09T14:36:29-05:00March 30th, 2016|Good To Know, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on Employee Complaints Trigger OSHA Inspections

OSHA Safety Training in Austin, San Antonio, Houston & Dallas Texas

Berg Compliance Solutions is your OSHA safety training expert in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, throughout Texas and beyond. An educated workforce positively affects your company’s safety culture, helps prevent serious injuries and fatalities, helps reduce your workers compensation costs and accident rates as well as avoid OSHA fines penalties for noncompliance in Texas. Berg Compliance Solutions develops and delivers safety training for specific OSHA standards and customizes training programs to meet the specific needs of your company. Whether you [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:51:14-05:00March 27th, 2016|Good To Know|Comments Off on OSHA Safety Training in Austin, San Antonio, Houston & Dallas Texas

Common Small Business OSHA Compliance Mistakes

If you own, or work for a small manufacturing, construction, energy or industrial services business, this article definitely applies to you. I used to own and manage 2 small energy service companies. One provided operations & maintenance services to utility scale wind farms throughout the US, and the other provided vacuum tanker and frack tank services to the oil & gas exploration industry in south Texas. My employees were exposed to significant health & safety hazards on a daily basis. [...]

By |2020-06-01T16:58:28-05:00March 25th, 2016|Good To Know|Comments Off on Common Small Business OSHA Compliance Mistakes