Compliance with OSHA standards can be cumbersome. However, an effective safety program will not only provide each employee a safe environment in which to work but will also positively impact the bottom line. Such a program requires ongoing attention.

The EI Group, Inc. (EI) is a one-stop provider of occupational safety and health services. EI professionals can build a safety and health system from the ground up or provide needed oversight for an existing system, whether you are a general industry or construction employer. EI’s experienced and certified professionals can provide the insight and knowledge to help you develop, improve or maintain a safety system that complies with OSHA and encourages employees participation. EI’s safety professionals have developed expertise in all safety program areas including:

• Electrical safety
  
• Fire protection regulations
  
• Welding
  
• Confined spaces
  
• Lockout/tagout
  
• Personal protective equipment
• Safe scaffolding and ladders
  
• Safe use of cranes and hoisting equipment
  
• Bloodborne pathogens
  
• Hearing conservation
  
• OSHA recordkeeping
  
• Respiratory protection
  
• Laboratory safety
  

EI’s Certified Safety Professionals (CSP) are committed to helping clients develop, improve and maintain a safety program that meets current OSHA standards and fosters employee compliance. EI’s safety professionals are multi-disciplinary and experienced in all safety program areas.

Program Development

EI can evaluate your existing programs, policies and procedures and provide a written report of findings and recommendations. When needed, EI professionals can assist in the development of new written programs, which are customized to your facility and operations. Each safety program will assist you in the identification, evaluation and control of hazards. Whether general industry or construction, completed programs will meet the OSHA requirements for written programs as well as convey management’s commitment to worker safety.

Compliance Assistance

An EI safety professional can help employers improve OSHA compliance in many ways. EI can conduct detailed inspections of your facility, an exhaustive review of injury and illness recordkeeping (OSHA Form 300), provide expert and interesting OSHA-required training, identify permit confined spaces, gap analyses, conduct incident investigations or conduct focused inspections such as walking and working surfaces or machine guarding.

Mock OSHA Inspections

EI Safety Professionals regularly conduct comprehensive mock OSHA inspections for clients in the public and private sectors. A typical mock OSHA inspection begins with a brief opening conference with management to plan the audit. This is followed by a review of written OSHA-required programs and an evaluation of the OSHA Form 300 and supporting documentation. A detailed wall-to-wall inspection is then conducted, during which a number of employees and supervisors will be interviewed. Finally, the audit is completed with a closing conference which may include senior management and employee representatives. A detailed report will then be generated by the EI safety expert, which will identify each finding and include the appropriate OSHA or consensus standard violated, for easy reference. Depending on the level of detail desired by the client, audits may also include a review of employee training records, investigation records and inspection records. EI can also respond to your specific areas of concern including employee behavior, confined space identification, trenching/excavation, fall protection, personal protective equipment assessments, electrical safety issues, fire safety and emergency action plans, hazard communication, hearing conservation, respiratory protection and more.

Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Services

If your company is interested in achieving VPP status or simply in need of a VPP recertification audit, EI can help. EI can assist you in every step of the VPP application process or we can conduct a detailed, confidential audit to let you know what improvements need to be made in your system before submitting your VPP application to OSHA. EI employs experienced and certified professionals who can conduct a confidential audit for your facility or construction site to identify system inadequacies which would disqualify you from achieving VPP success. A detailed report will then offer suggestions on what corrective action to take. EI professionals will also be available afterwards to provide follow-up assistance.