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Heat Stress Guidance & Compliance Reminder

While Texas has given us a break with relatively mild temperatures this summer, the forecast shows we're about to enter the real heat of the season. With several months of intense weather ahead, now is the perfect time to refresh your heat stress prevention strategies. As your EHS partner, we want to ensure your team stays safe and productive during these challenging conditions. Heat-related illnesses are 100% preventable when proper precautions are in place – and that's exactly what we're [...]

By Russell Carr|2025-07-21T17:47:15-05:00July 21st, 2025|Good To Know|Comments Off

How Manufacturers Can Attract and Retain Employees

Manufacturers attract and retain top talent with robust safety program Understanding the Manufacturing Labor Shortage Crisis The manufacturing industry is grappling with a severe labor shortage that has worsened over recent years. This issue isn't just about vacant positions; it affects the overall productivity and morale of your current workforce. Existing employees often face increased workloads, leading to burnout and higher turnover rates. For manufacturing leaders, this creates a cycle that's hard to break: fewer workers mean more stress on [...]

By Russell Carr|2025-05-08T16:45:28-05:00April 3rd, 2025|OSHA Health & Safety, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off

Will The Trump Administration Disband OSHA?

Hello and welcome. Alright, I've been looking forward to creating this video. As the owner of a safety consulting company, I've been very interested and even concerned to try to monitor and find out what's going to happen with workplace health and safety regulations, OSHA in particular, given the new administration's promises to reduce government and rollback regulation. Now that we're about 30 days into the new administration, today is February 6th and we've got 30 days of [...]

By Russell Carr|2025-02-11T15:32:00-05:00February 11th, 2025|Good To Know|Comments Off

How to Hire and Retain a Manufacturing Safety Manager

How to Hire a Full Time Safety Manager, If You've Never Done It Before Are you a manufacturer thinking about bringing on your first full-time safety manager? If so, hold on a minute, because finding and retaining a skilled, effective safety manager who will actually perform & deliver ISN’T easy, especially if this is your first try. The truth is that the odds are frequently and heavily stacked against you. As the saying goes, “buyer beware,” and that’s especially true [...]

By Russell Carr|2024-11-21T14:33:54-05:00November 21st, 2024|Good To Know, OSHA Health & Safety, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off

OSHA’s FABMETSH Program is Targeting Metal Fabricators in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Louisiana

Get Our FREE Fabmetsh Preparation Checklist By Clicking Below REQUEST NOW Below is a transcript of the video: Hello and welcome. Alright, so I put together this video to let you know that OSHA just renewed their enforcement program that's targeting metal fabricators in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas until 2027. And to let you know that they're already hitting companies in issuing fines that are literally running into the tens and sometimes even hundreds [...]

By Russell Carr|2024-10-06T18:27:13-05:00October 6th, 2024|Good To Know|Comments Off

OSHA Issues 2024 Heat Stress Standard

Summary of OSHA's Proposed Heat Stress Standard 2024 OSHA has released its long awaited, proposed Heat Stress standard. Keep in mind that this isn’t a law (yet), but if passed, it will create significant and complicated new requirements for employers who’s operations expose employees to excessive heat. Why Has OSHA Released the Proposed Heat Stress Standard? Let’s begin by reviewing why heat stress is so dangerous and therefore, why OSHA is trying to pass this proposed law. Heat exposure is [...]

By Russell Carr|2024-07-22T11:26:36-05:00July 22nd, 2024|Good To Know, Government Regulation, OSHA Health & Safety, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off