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Environmental consciousness is increasingly important in the business and manufacturing world, but the regulations you need to follow can be complex and overwhelming. Just the same, you know you need to be proactive about your environmental, health, and safety (EHS) programs in order to keep pace in your industry. What do you do when the expense of a full-time environmental compliance specialist is out of your reach? A partnership with Berg Compliance Solutions can solve your EHS planning and [...]

Staff Level EHS Consultant Position, Austin, TX Senior and Staff Level EHS Consultant Positions in Austin, TX We are currently seeking experienced and qualified individuals who understand OSHA rules, regulations and standards as they apply to general industry and construction activities, and are able to apply this knowledge to train and consult with our customer base.  Ideally, the individual also possesses environmental compliance experience as it relates to hazardous waste management/RCRA, Storm Water Pollution Prevention, and Air Permit rules & regulations.  DOT compliance [...]

Berg Compliance Solutions offer the most comprehensive OSHA health and safety consulting services in Central Texas. CLICK HERE or call 512-457-0374 to learn more about our health and safety consulting services.

The recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 allows for significant increases in OSHA civil penalties and fines by factoring in adjustments for inflation, retroactively to 1996.  And the bill apparently allows for continued increases in OSHA fines for future costs of inflation. Since 1990 maximum OSHA fines for "Other Than Serious" and "Serious" was $7,000 and the maximum for "Willful" and "Repeats" was $70,000 but not anymore... Sec. 701. Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustments. Section 701(a) establishes the short [...]

This has been one of the highest traffic blogs on our website since we posted it a few years ago, so we wanted to add more valuable information for readers. Although this is a very specific topic, flammable chemical storage requirements, there are many more OSHA regulations that companies should be aware of including how to maintain OSHA compliance and how to develop and manage an OSHA safety training program. Given the overwhelming number of complicated regulations that many [...]

Here's a good article that weighs the pros and cons of contesting OSHA citations through the Informal Conference process. This blog post is the 8th highest traffic page on our website, so I have added my own comments and updates (August 2021) in parentheses & bold text where appropriate based on our extensive experience helping clients navigator OSHA enforcement actions. OSHA's tempting offer: Should you settle? - M. Lee Smith Publishers M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC Date: June 22 2005 [...]