Construction Safety Consulting Services

We Are Your Construction Safety Consultants We specialize in helping small construction companies manage OSHA health and safety compliance. Our clients include residential and commercial general contractors as well as "specialty trade" subcontractors including roofers, framers, concrete, masonry and more. We assist with all aspects of construction safety compliance including developing written OSHA programs, employee training, conducting routine project safety inspections, trailer signage and full support regarding OSHA inspection and enforcement actions. As construction safety consultants, our responsibility [...]

By |2022-10-19T18:53:56-05:00November 12th, 2017|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on Construction Safety Consulting Services

Our Safety Consultants Make The Difference

Our Safety Consultants Are The Key To Our Success Our company specializes in helping small manufacturing, construction and industrial services companies manage workplace safety.  In addition to our proven & proprietary outsourced OSHA compliance services, we employ a team of experienced and qualified safety consultants who deploy to client locations all over the country to help them manage health and safety requirements.  Our safety consulting team understand how to implement and manage EHS programs with a common sense approach that balances [...]

By |2022-03-21T13:01:47-05:00October 18th, 2017|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on Our Safety Consultants Make The Difference

Effective OSHA Inspection Management

Many high hazard industries such as manufacturing and construction, especially small ones, are unaware of the potential risks related to OSHA fines and penalties. For example, did you know that OSHA increased fines by 78% on 8/1/16? These increases raised the maximum fines for “Serious” Violations (the most common type) from $7,000 to $12,476, and “Willful” and “Repeats” from $70.000 to $124,709 each.  Non compliant companies routinely receive fines that can run into the $tens or even $hundreds of thousands of [...]

By |2021-10-21T22:20:14-05:00October 10th, 2017|OSHA Health & Safety, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on Effective OSHA Inspection Management

How We’re Tackling The “Skills Gap” Problem

The Skills Gap Problem Defined US manufacturers continue to struggle with the “Skills Gap,” a.k.a the “Talent Gap” problem. Although definitions vary, the problem boils down to the fact that manufacturing jobs continue to get more technical and complicated , while the majority of available job applicants simply lack the skills and experience needed to fill those positions. The situation is only getting worse and has put a major strain on manufacturers who can’t grow or fill orders due to [...]

By |2022-03-21T13:03:54-05:00July 27th, 2017|Good To Know|Comments Off on How We’re Tackling The “Skills Gap” Problem

How I “Met” OSHA and Why It Launched a New Business

It was January of 2009 and I was attending a health and safety conference in San Diego, CA for the wind energy industry.  I had started a small wind energy operations and maintenance services business in 2007, which rapidly grew from a few employees to over 40 in that first 2 years of operation.  From the beginning I was determined to make safety a priority, but didn’t really understand what that meant.  What I did know was that my employees [...]

By |2022-03-21T13:00:45-05:00July 3rd, 2017|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on How I “Met” OSHA and Why It Launched a New Business

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