EHS compliance, in plain English
Playbooks, deadlines, and templates for the rules you're measured on — OSHA recordkeeping and permits through to MSHA workplace exams and filing. Written straight, grounded in the regulation.
OSHA Form 300A: what to post, and the February–April deadline
A plain-English guide to OSHA injury-and-illness recordkeeping — what's recordable, the 300/300A/301 forms, the Feb 1–Apr 30 posting window, and electronic submission.
Read MSHAMSHA workplace examinations: the competent-person rule, done right
How the MSHA workplace-exam rule actually works — who examines, how often, what the record must contain, and the mistakes that turn a routine exam into a citation.
Read OSHALockout/tagout: building an energy-control program that holds up
What OSHA's control-of-hazardous-energy standard (1910.147) actually requires — written procedures, the six steps of a lockout, periodic inspections, and the exceptions people misread.
Read OSHAHazard Communication: SDS, labels, and training that actually holds up
A plain-English tour of OSHA's HazCom standard (1910.1200) aligned to GHS — the written program, 16-section SDSs, label elements, pictograms, and the training people skip.
Read OSHAPermit-required confined spaces: the 1910.146 workflow, step by step
How to tell a permit-required confined space from an ordinary one, what the entry permit must capture, and the attendant/entrant/supervisor roles that keep people alive.
Read MSHAMSHA Form 7000-1 vs 7000-2: what's due, when, and how to file
The two MSHA reports operators mix up — the per-accident 7000-1 and the quarterly 7000-2 — plus the 15-minute immediate-notification rule that's separate from both.
Read MSHAPart 46 vs Part 48: which MSHA training rule applies, and how to track it
Surface aggregate mines follow Part 46; underground and metal/nonmetal mines follow Part 48. Here's how to tell which governs your site, the hours each requires, and the Form 5000-23 that proves it.
Read PerspectiveWhy corrective actions rot — and the pattern that fixes it
The number-one complaint about legacy EHS software isn't missing features — it's corrective actions that quietly go overdue. Here's why it happens, and the accountability pattern that stops it.
Read OSHAFall protection in construction: the 1926 Subpart M essentials
Falls are the leading cause of construction deaths. Here's what OSHA's Subpart M requires — the six-foot trigger, the guardrail/net/personal-arrest hierarchy, and the training that's mandatory.
Read OSHARespirable crystalline silica: the OSHA rule, and where MSHA's stands
The 50 µg/m³ exposure limit, the written exposure-control plan, medical surveillance, and Table 1 for construction — plus an honest read on the MSHA mining silica rule's status.
Read OSHAHeat illness prevention: what OSHA expects while a federal rule is still pending
There's no comprehensive federal heat standard yet — but that doesn't mean no obligation. Here's how OSHA enforces heat today, and the water-rest-shade program that keeps workers alive.
Read PerspectiveAI in EHS: what's actually reliable, and what's hype
A grounded look at where AI genuinely helps safety programs today — narrative coding and drafting — and where the confident claims (autonomous recordability, injury prediction) outrun the evidence.
Read OSHARespiratory protection: the 1910.134 program, from medical eval to fit test
A respirator is only protective inside a real program. Here's what OSHA requires — hazard assessment, medical evaluation before use, annual fit testing, and the voluntary-use rule people miss.
Read OSHAMachine guarding: the 1910 Subpart O essentials
Point-of-operation, nip points, rotating parts — where machine guards go, the types that qualify, and why the guard being present isn't the same as the guard being used.
Read OSHAExcavation and trenching: the 1926 Subpart P rules that prevent cave-ins
A cubic yard of soil weighs as much as a car. Here's OSHA's trenching standard — the five-foot protective-systems trigger, soil types, the competent person, and the daily inspection.
Read MSHAPowered haulage: mining's deadliest hazard, and MSHA's mobile-equipment rule
Powered haulage and mobile equipment lead mining fatalities year after year. Here's why, what MSHA's surface mobile equipment safety-program requirement asks for, and the controls that matter.
Read PerspectiveNear-miss reporting: the leading indicator you're probably missing
Incidents tell you what already went wrong. Near-misses tell you what's about to. Here's why the near-miss is the most underused signal in safety — and what it takes to actually capture them.
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