Challenge: When someone is hurt or there is an environmental impact, not only can it be devastating for employees and the local community, but can also damage a company’s reputation as a preferred supplier or employer. Would you want your children to work at a place with a high injury rate?

Our Solution: Understand your risk and scenario plan before incidents happen to ensure you and your team respond knowledgeably and recover quickly. When there is an incident, having a trusted advisor to call can also be extremely helpful to ensure any regulatory reporting deadlines are met.

Incident reporting times for Federal, State, and in some cases local agencies can be short (e.g., immediate, within 8 hours, within 24 hours). We help you to understand when, what, and to whom you need to report in a given situation. Proactive emergency response planning is key.

Understand how to take immediate corrective actions to support your employees. Depending on the severity and extent of the incident, you may also need to support employee families, the local community, and talk with the press.

Understand and implement consistent processes to learn effectively from an incident and implement immediate, short-term, and long-term corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

Challenge: Are you purchasing capital equipment to expand your operations and/or replace older equipment?

Our Solution: When making capital equipment purchases, it is critical to design the equipment for maintenance access, lock out tag out (LOTO), e-stop access at the point of operation, proper machine guarding, and noise abatement to name a few. The most cost-effective way to do this is by working closely with the equipment manufacturer during the equipment design stage not after receipt.

As an example, imagine if you bought a new car and requested the manufacturer or dealer to install heated seats AFTER purchase. It would be expensive and disruptive and may not work as well compared to having heated seats designed into your car initially.

Challenge: To maximize your income from recycling and resale of obsolete equipment and scrap and optimize your disposal cost for any remaining items that cannot be sold and/or recycled. Ensure you receive required regulatory closure documentation.

Our Solution: Consult with an experienced EHS professional to ensure you take the right facility closure steps and avoid unnecessary delays. When you have a buyer for your property, you need swift consistent action

Challenge: For startups, private equity firms, and other growing businesses, it can be difficult to know when to add a full-time EHS Business Leader and how to integrate them in the business team.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that EHS is just a cost center. If you hire an experienced EHS business leader and integrate them fully into the leadership team, then your business will reap the benefits in better retention, higher EBITDA, and improved quality and delivery. If your team lacks this knowledge and expertise, it can cause disruptions and potential shutdowns in your business operations.

Our Solution: Working with an experienced EHS professional can allow your business to apply EHS as a competitive business advantage and maximize EBITDA while minimizing risk and business interruption, and avoid unplanned expense and surprise.