OSHA Compliance Support

SynTerra understands the daily challenge of managing safety compliance programs. Some of those challenges might include improvement in safety performance, OSHA audits, or customer visits. Our safety compliance experts have years of experience not just as consultants, but as industry safety professionals in automotive assembly, chemical, food processing, rubber and tire, pharmaceutical, and pulp and paper manufacturing facilities. SynTerra can optimize and improve safety performance by working with and supporting your organization’s safety professionals.

SynTerra can conduct a partial or comprehensive safety audit of your facility to identify potential weaknesses or gaps in your safety management systems. SynTerra can also assist with identification and implementation of action items to address audit findings, and we can work with your organization to report audit results based on your documentation needs. Our audit reports can be used to demonstrate conformance with the regulatory assessment requirements of the voluntary ISO 45001 Safety Management Systems Standard.

Need assistance with combustible dust, chemical exposure, ventilation, PPE, lock-out/tag-out, machine guarding, permit-required confined spaces, asbestos in the workplace, employee training, or other specific programs? SynTerra will be glad to answer your regulatory compliance questions or discuss options for enhancing your procedures to improve safety performance.

SynTerra is also ready to provide your organization with additional resources such as on-call or on-site full- or part-time support. We will partner with your organization to meet your needs – whether it is providing full-time EHS support or being on-call to answer questions.

Our safety professionals also have experience with environmental, ISO 14001, and other programs, and are supported by industrial hygienists, licensed professional engineers, and licensed professional geologists with experience addressing challenges in workplaces just like yours.

Interested in learning more? Contact:

Wendy White

wwhite@synterracorp.com

864-527-4647

Chris Bagley, P.E., CIH, CHMM, QEP

cbagley@synterracorp.com

984-308-8621

Kathy Webb, P.G.

Senior Market Leader | Principal

Kathy, a founder of SynTerra (previously The Fletcher Group) in 1992, has completed remedial investigations and regulatory compliance projects associated with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) facilities, state and federal Superfund sites, solid waste landfills, brownfield redevelopment, utility coal combustion residual (CCR) management units, and regulated industrial facilities. She has supported litigation as an expert witness related to chlorinated solvents, metals, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Kathy is known for her practical assessment strategy with the perspective of the client’s business objectives. She routinely evaluates groundwater corrective action systems for effectiveness and progress toward achieving compliance objectives. She has also co-authored a trade journal paper with case studies of low-impact remedial strategies. Kathy is a licensed Professional Geologist in North and South Carolina.

Mark Taylor, P.G.

Principal

Mark has worked more than 40 years in natural-resource based industries. His expertise includes mine geology and mine engineering, hydrogeologic and geotechnical investigations, solid and hazardous waste management, and regulatory negotiations. He has published peer-reviewed papers about coal geology, ore geochemistry, mineralogy, and solid waste management. He is a leading expert in mining and environmental permitting for litigation support.

Mark is licensed as a Professional Geologist in South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Washington. He serves on the boards of the Upstate Red Cross and Upstate Forever. He served on the South Carolina Board of Registration for Geologists for six years. Mark holds a Master’s degree in Geological Sciences from The University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s degree in Geological Science from Harvard University.

Andrea Kehn, P.E.

Vice President of Engineering | Principal

Andrea, leader of our Civil & Environmental Engineering Business Unit, has 28 years of experience in chemical manufacturing and environmental consulting. She leads and supervises staff professionals on multidisciplinary projects for a variety of industrial clients. Andrea’s vast experience and expertise includes: air quality construction and operating permitting; air quality modeling; air permit record-keeping and reporting; Oil Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP); NPDES Permitting; water quality modeling; process safety management; risk management compliance and auditing; and RCRA compliance.

Andrea is registered as a Professional Engineer in South Carolina. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University.

Ruth Albright, P.E.

Vice President | Principal

Ruth has led projects for major industrial facilities throughout the Southeast and beyond. She built her knowledge of environmental regulations and their application to manufacturing operations while working for the second largest chemical manufacturing company in the United States. At SynTerra, she has expanded both her knowledge and reputation working for chemical manufacturing operations of all sizes. She has also worked extensively with other manufacturing operations, including pulp and paper, industrial equipment, pharmaceuticals, food, and automotive parts and assembly. Her experience includes air and wastewater permit compliance, solid and hazardous waste management, solid waste construction permitting, hazardous materials transportation, wastewater treatment systems, air pollution control equipment operations and maintenance, and ambient air monitoring systems.

Ruth is a professional engineer registered in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Michigan, Arkansas, and Kentucky. She is an active member of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Environmental Technical Committee and serves as the chair of the water subcommittee. She has previously served as the program and committee chair for the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce Environmental Affairs committee. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University.