OSHA Compliance & Training Services in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston Texas

OSHA Health & Safety Training Services in Texas Berg Compliance Solutions, LLC. (BCS) offers safety training and on-site and virtual EHS management services that protect your workforce and keeps your company compliant with regulatory requirements – for about 75% less than the cost of an in-house safety manager. BCS has significant experience in developing and assessing health and safety programs and procedures for our clients, which include general industry, construction, and hazardous waste operations. With an ASSURED ComplianceSM Program from [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:47:00-05:00July 12th, 2016|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations|Comments Off on OSHA Compliance & Training Services in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston Texas

OSHA Training Requirments in Texas

Learn More About How To Manage Safety Training Most small Texas manufacturing and construction companies struggle with understanding and managing OSHA training requirements, however failing to do so puts employees at risk for serious injuries and even fatalities, and the company at risk for huge fines and penalties.  Just because a company is small and under resourced is no excuse and they have the same requirements as large companies. Here's a quick summary of basic OSHA training and standard requirements: [...]

By |2022-03-21T13:03:54-05:00July 12th, 2016|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations|Comments Off on OSHA Training Requirments in Texas

OSHA Fines Increased by 78% In August, Is Your Company Ready?

We posted the blog below back in 2016 when OSHA originally increased fines by 78% to account for inflation.  Since those original increase, fines have continued to increase every year (and will continue to do so) to account for inflation. As of July 2021, here are updated maximum fine amounts: "Serious" and "Other Than Serious": $13,653 "Repeat" and "Willful": $136,532 As you can see, Repeat and Willful violations are approximately 10x the cost of Serious violations.  It's important to [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:50:49-05:00June 27th, 2016|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations|Comments Off on OSHA Fines Increased by 78% In August, Is Your Company Ready?

New OSHA Rule Spells Potential Trouble For Employers

Update August 20201: OSHA's electronic injury and illness reporting requirements remain in effect although many impacted companies remain unaware of this requirement. We are updating this blog to make employers aware and to answer basic questions: Last week OSHA announced a significant new rule which will mandate that virtually all employers in high hazard industries (including manufacturing and construction) submit their safety record data to electronically OSHA each year (ie: OSHA 300 logs). OSHA will then publish those records on-line [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:50:51-05:00May 18th, 2016|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations|Comments Off on New OSHA Rule Spells Potential Trouble For Employers

OSHA General Duty Clause Explained

OSHA General Duty Clause Explained Many employers are unaware of OSHA’s general duty clause which essentially states that employers must identify and correct any health or safety hazards even if those hazards aren’t covered under an existing OSHA standard (aka “law”). Companies who fail to manage this responsibility put their employees at risk for serious injuries and even fatalities, and their companies at risk for huge fines and penalties as well as potential civil and criminal liabilities. OSHA’s General Duty [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:55:41-05:00April 17th, 2016|OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Safety Training, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on OSHA General Duty Clause Explained

Employee Complaints Trigger OSHA Inspections

Employee Triggered OSHA Inspections Here is a very critical stat that every business owner in a high hazard industry, such as manufacturing, construction, or industrial services, needs to know: Between 2009 and 2013, an average of 20% of all inspections were triggered by an employee complaint. The percentage of employee triggered inspections rose to 24% last year and that’s because OSHA takes these complaints very seriously and is responding by doing more and more follow up inspections. Keep in mind that [...]

By |2021-09-09T14:36:29-05:00March 30th, 2016|Good To Know, OSHA Texas Laws & Regulations, Texas OSHA Compliance|Comments Off on Employee Complaints Trigger OSHA Inspections