Comparing Safety Consulting Companies in Texas

Are all safety consulting companies in Texas the same?

If you’re looking for outside help with your workplace safety programs, you’re probably trying to figure out if safety consultants are all the same, or if there’s a difference.

We created this short blog post to help answer that question, because not all OSHA consulting companies are created equal!

If you do your homework, you’ll find that most safety consulting companies are “project” oriented. In other words, they typically offer lots of “ala cart” or “project” services, such as one time training classes, inspections, drafting written programs, etc.

This is the first, and primary way we’re different, and better.

We offer a turn-key, small business focused model, where we essentially become the outsourced EHS department for our clients. We call this Assured Compliance.

The service begins with a comprehensive mock OSHA audit where we identify all deficiencies, OSHA fine liability estimate, etc. and then use that information to develop a customized compliance program for each of our clients. This includes developing a 12 month compliance plan that includes all needed compliance components such as written programs, training requirements, routine inspections, LOTO procedures, etc. The end result is guaranteed OSHA compliance at the end of 12 months.

In summary, with Assured Compliance we develop a customized health and safety compliance program and drive all components and activities, as opposed to most of our competitors who offer a bunch of “ala cart” services. With this “project” model, the client often has to figure out what they need and then they hire the safety company to execute, as opposed to the other way around.

Our approach is much more proactive and comprehensive so our clients don’t have to worry about missing something. All our clients really have to do is make time for us to train their employees and correct physical hazards that we find in their workplace. We do the rest!

The 3^rd major difference with our company, is that we focus almost exclusively with helping small companies manage EHS compliance. We work with small manufacturing, construction, energy, industrial services and healthcare companies to help them manage OSHA and environmental compliance.

Our turn-key, small business approach is very unique to our industry and can include environmental compliance This brings me to our second major difference, which is the fact that offer a full range of turn-key environmental compliance services, including air permitting, storm water-storm water pollution prevention plans-SWPPP, SPCC, hazardous waste management, and hazardous materials reporting.

In addition to helping our clients achieve OSHA and environmental compliance, they also benefit from reduced risk of regulatory fines and penalties, civil and criminal liabilities, damage to their company reputation and of course, protecting their employees from injury and harm.

Grow Your Business, Leave The Compliance To Us

Call 512-457-0374 Or Click Here To Learn More About Our Turn-Key EHS Compliance Services

By Russell Carr|2022-03-21T13:03:54-05:00January 31st, 2018|Good To Know|Comments Off

About the Author: Russell Carr

How A Sales Guy Transformed Into An Environmental, Health & Safety Expert & Advocate For Small Businesses I've spent my entire 30+ year career working within the manufacturing and “industrial services” sectors. The first 15 years of my career focused on sales of hazardous materials related products and services to the manufacturing sector, then for the last 16+ years transitioned into entrepreneurship, founding 3 small industrial services related contracting businesses. As you’ll see below, running these companies eventually lead me to found yet a 4th business, but more on that in a minute…. Here’s a brief description of the first 3 companies: Berg Environmental Services, Inc.: hazardous waste disposal & transportation services, founded in August of 2003 3rd party wind energy operations & maintenance services provider to utility scale wind farms throughout the US, founded in September 2007 3rd party oil & gas exploration & production services provider, founded in August of 2011 Each of these companies operated in extremely dangerous working conditions and exposed my employees to a wide range of serious health & safety hazards on a daily basis. To complicate matters, 2 of the companies also exposed the environment to significant potential harm. In other words, I learned very early the critical importance of managing environmental, health and safety issues so as to ensure the safety of our employees and the environment, as well as minimizing related risks. But I also learned how incredibly difficult and challenging this endeavor can be due to the wide range of complicated and continually changing environmental, health and safety rules and regulations that impacted the companies. To summarize the challenges: First I had to determine which regulations applied to each company, then I had to build compliance programs to meet those regulations, and finally I had to ensure that the programs were being managed and followed by our staff on a daily basis. All while trying to run and grow 3 profitable businesses…. It was overwhelming and I always struggled to keep up. To make matters worse, throughout this time I also witnessed the devastating price that companies, management and ownership can pay for failing to manage EHS compliance. This included seeing one of my hazardous waste management clients get sent to jail over environmental issues, another client’s management team threatened with jail time, a direct competitor get fined $378,000 by OSHA fine after an employee was nearly killed, and many others face major fines and penalties. Full disclosure, one of my companies got fined by OSHA at one point, & another was cited by TCEQ, so I know how it feels. In summary, I learned first hand how incredibly difficult it is for small companies to manage EHS compliance due to a common lack of the critical expertise, time and resources that are needed to keep up, and how this situation then ends up exposing them to these potentially catastrophic risks that can literally destroy lives and businesses. This later inspired me to found my 4th company, Berg Compliance Solutions in 2012, which is dedicated to helping other small businesses, and business owners, to manage EHS compliance and risk. Education BA, Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder, December, 1990. Summary of Professional Experience & Qualifications: 30+ years serving the manufacturing & industrial services sectors 30+ years of sales and marketing experience 16+ years as small business owner & entrepreneur: Founded and operated 4 small businesses since 2003. Environmental, Health & Safety Compliance & Program Related: 19 plus years of hazardous waste management including EPA, TCEQ & RCRA regulations 8 years of DOT/FMCSA compliance experience, including hazardous materials transportation 8 years of combined experience implementing and managing OSHA health and safety compliance programs for 2 high risk energy services businesses Successfully implemented and gained ISO 9001 Quality Management Certification and OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety Advisory Service) Certification for wind energy maintenance business. Regulatory Enforcement Related Experience: Served as expert witness in criminal environmental compliance enforcement cases Superfund-CERCLA OSHA enforcement inspections, investigations and resolution in following industries: industrial services, manufacturing & construction. TCEQ enforcement inspections, investigations and resolution in manufacturing.

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