OSHA Fines Austin Area Manufacturer $459,618

Update:  Although this major OSHA fine occurred in 2017, similar fines continue to be issued to Texas manufacturers who fail to keep up with OSHA health and safety compliance. Checkout the details of this enforcement action and helpful safety compliance resources at the bottom of this blog. OSHA announced this week that they fined an Austin area manufacturer  a total of $459,918 for a long list of health and safety violations.  This is one of the largest single OSHA fines [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:51:15-05:00May 4th, 2017|Government Regulation, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on OSHA Fines Austin Area Manufacturer $459,618

Texas Workers Compensation Insurance Requirements

Texas Doesn’t Require Employers to Provide Workers Compensation Insurance In case you didn’t know, Texas doesn’t require companies to carry Workers Compensation insurance to protect their employees from workplace injury related costs.  Texas is the ONLY state in the country that doesn’t require employers to carry Workers Compensation insurance.  That’s right, the only state in the country. It’s a surprising fact and many Texans don’t even know about.  The situation can create devastating problems for injured workers and their families, [...]

By |2022-03-21T13:03:49-05:00May 3rd, 2017|Good To Know, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, State & Local Regulation, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on Texas Workers Compensation Insurance Requirements

Q1 EHS Regulatory Compliance Update

  It’s hard to believe that we’re already through the first quarter of 2017, but here we are.  A lot has happened during Q1 in regards to environmental, health and safety regulations and policy so I’ll do my best to cover the highlights in this blog post. Topics: ▪     OSHA Update: New Rules and Deadlines ▪     The Trump Effect on EHS Regulations ▪     EPA Office of Small Business Hosts TX Environmental Regulations Stakeholder Meeting To Discuss Potential Roll-Backs   OSHA Update: New Rules [...]

HSE Consulting Services

Berg Compliance Solutions, LLC is a 3rd party environmental, health and safety consulting business located in Austin, TX. We specialize in helping small manufacturing, construction and industrial services companies manage OSHA health and safety and EPA-TCEQ and Hazardous Materials Regulations. We specialize in helping small companies throughout Texas and beyond to manage environmental & hazardous materials compliance requirements. Our OSHA Health & Safety consulting services include: Mock OSHA Inspection Service Customized Health & Safety Training Written Program Development Turn-Key Outsourced [...]

Field Technician Safety Management

Many companies struggle with how to manage safety for their field service technicians This blog post will briefly explore these challenges and how to manage them. Managing service technician safety poses many unique challenges for companies who deploy technicians to field projects.  Often times these employees work and dispatch from home and rarely, if ever, report to the home office.  Once deployed, they often work in remote locations in very hazardous working conditions with little, if any supervision, which [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:51:14-05:00March 24th, 2017|OSHA Health & Safety, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on Field Technician Safety Management

The Trump Administration’s Anti-Regulation Rhetoric Is Putting American Workers & The Environment At Risk

How The Trump Administrations Anti-Regulation Message Will Hurt American Workers, Local Communities & The Environment   The Trump Administration's anti-regulation rhetoric, combined with recent environmental, health and safety roll backs, is likely creating a “perception problem” among some business leaders that these regulations are no longer relevant or important. For example, I’ve heard several of our customers joke or comment about this issue in recent months. The common theme being, “Now that Trump’s in office, we don’t need to worry about [...]

By |2020-06-02T11:46:21-05:00March 8th, 2017|Fed Regulation, Government Regulation, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, State & Local Regulation, Texas Hazardous Materials Regulations, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on The Trump Administration’s Anti-Regulation Rhetoric Is Putting American Workers & The Environment At Risk