Our New Site Visit Procedures To Control Coronavirus Spread

Given the current Coronavirus situation, Berg Compliance Solutions (“BCS”) has implemented the following procedures to be followed by our consultants during site visits to conduct safety inspections and provide training and related services. These procedures are designed to help prevent the risk of Coronavirus spread from BCS consultant to client employees, and vice versa, and ultimately to assure our clients that BCS is committed to taking all necessary precautions to help prevent the spread of this new virus. During site [...]

By |2020-05-27T12:20:17-05:00March 16th, 2020|Good To Know, Government Regulation, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas Environmental Regulations, Texas Hazardous Materials Regulations|Comments Off on Our New Site Visit Procedures To Control Coronavirus Spread

How To Create A Safety Committee

Safety Committees Safety committees are a key component to "self managing" OSHA compliance, not only at big companies, but for small companies too. They provide a forum where employees and management can address company health and safety concerns  in a supportive environment and where tasks and responsibilities can be assigned and managed. Many companies make the mistake of hiring a safety manager and expecting that they will handle everything alone, which is a recipe for failure. Safety committees help solve [...]

By |2021-07-26T13:37:17-05:00March 11th, 2020|Good To Know, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on How To Create A Safety Committee

We Are An EHS Compliance Advocate For Small Companies

We are advocates and experts for helping small companies manage OSHA, EPA, TCEQ and state environmental compliance and risk. Learn more about how and why Berg Compliance Solutions was founded in this video from the home page of Russell Carr's website: Get Our EHS Risk Report Now Book Your EHS Snapshot Assessment Hello and welcome! Ok, let me begin by asking a couple of questions: Are you struggling to figure out which [...]

By |2021-08-01T17:56:00-05:00February 4th, 2020|Good To Know, Hazardous Waste Management, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on We Are An EHS Compliance Advocate For Small Companies

Think Twice Before Hiring A Safety Manager

Things To Consider Before Hiring A Safety Manager Are you considering hiring an internal environmental, health and safety compliance manager for your company? If you've never done this before, you might want to think twice about the decision and here's why. Here are some of the most common challenges facing small companies when trying to recruit and hire an internal safety compliance manager: Recruiting: During recruiting process, it's very difficult to properly vet a candidate's experience & qualifications unless you [...]

Don’t Get This OSHA Letter!

Last summer we received a call from the owner of a small Texas manufacturer who got inspected by OSHA and had just received the letter below. This is a 24 point laundry list of virtually all OSHA standards that apply to a typical manufacturer, and the company was in violation of all of them. How overwhelming! The owner was in a state of panic and didn’t know what to do, and unfortunately we were the ones who had to tell [...]

By |2021-07-19T13:08:10-05:00January 9th, 2020|Good To Know, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on Don’t Get This OSHA Letter!

Don’t Get This OSHA Inspection Letter

Last summer I received a call from the owner of a small Texas manufacturer who got inspected by OSHA and had just received the this letter: It was a 24 point laundry list of virtually all OSHA standards that apply to a typical manufacturer, and the company was in violation of all of them. The owner was in a state of panic and didn’t know what to do, and unfortunately I was the one who had to tell them it [...]

By |2022-03-21T13:00:45-05:00January 7th, 2020|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on Don’t Get This OSHA Inspection Letter