New safety managers often have questions — and that’s expected. With Safety Management Suite, you gain direct access to experienced safety and environmental experts who can answer questions, clarify regulations, or help you evaluate a compliance scenario. You can message them, schedule calls, or request research support.
Safety Management for Newer EHS Managers
If you’re a newer safety professional or stepping into an EHS role for the first time, it can feel daunting to understand the regulations, build processes, and ensure workplace and environmental compliance. The good news? You don’t need to start from scratch. J. J. Keller® Safety Management Suite gives new EHS managers a clear, step‑by‑step path to understand OSHA, EPA, and DOT requirements — and confidently build a compliant, effective safety program.
Step-by-Step Roadmap for Building Your Safety and Compliance Program
Start with this step-by-step roadmap to help you establish a structured approach:
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Identify Safety Risks and Regulatory Requirements
Get clear guidance on risk assessment and management, including easy-to-understand compliance explanations and FAQs in the Reference Hub.
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Build or Review Written Plans
SAFETY MANAGEMENT SUITE provides easy access to 125+ pre-written safety plan templates for OSHA, EPA, and DOT to make it easy to establish plans tailored to your company.
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Deliver Required Training
Whether you prefer instructor-led or self-paced, with SAFETY MANAGEMENT SUITE’s Training tool you’ll have access to 300+ streaming videos, 900+ E‑learning courses, and 8,000+ ready-to-use resources.
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Assess Your Workplace
Evaluate your workplace compliance with ready-to-use checklists for OSHA, EPA, and DOT, assign audit- and inspection related tasks, and schedule upcoming audits all in one place with the Audits & Inspections tool.
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Manage Reporting & Recordkeeping
Proactively manage OSHA recordkeeping and reporting requirements and generate OSHA 300, 300A and 301 documents with our Incident Tracking tool, plus record essential details for environmental incidents within the Environmental tab.
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Maintain Ongoing Compliance
Create and assign tasks and corrective actions, then monitor deadlines through the compliance calendar to ensure your safety program stays active and up to date.
Elevate your EHS journey with confidence.
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Essential Compliance Basics for New Safety Managers
It’s good to have a basic understanding of the major regulatory agencies, including:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) — responsible for setting and enforcing federal workplace safety and health standards
Department of Transportation (DOT) — federal agency in charge of transportation safety regulations including commercial motor vehicles, aviation, rail, pipelines, highways, and maritime transportation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — develops and enforces federal environmental regulations including clean air and water and hazardous waste
In addition to the federal agencies listed above, you’ll want to become familiar with common standards from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), as well as OSHA State Plans which run in place of or alongside federal OSHA.
The Reference Hub within Safety Management Suite makes it easy to look up regulations by topic, compare federal vs. state rules, and access expert guidance whenever you need it.
Safety Topics Every New EHS Manager Should Explore
Want to educate yourself on essential safety and environmental topics? The Topic Index makes it easy. Just search by keyword and you’ll get see all the available compliance explanations, training, checklists, plans and policies for that topic.
Here are some recommended topics to dive into:
