QEHSTopic guides
Practitioner-grade guides for QEHS program owners.
Longer than a blog post, shorter than a book. Each guide is maintained by the QEHS safety desk and updated as the underlying regulations and standards change.
Regulatory
OSHA 101 — a working guide for QEHS program owners
What OSHA actually requires, the difference between General Duty and standards, and the recordkeeping / reporting cadence you have to hit to stay clean.
14 min read · updated 2026-04-10
Operational
Permit-to-work deep dive
Hot work, confined space, working at height, energy isolation — the control hierarchy, the audit trail, and the handover pattern that keeps a PTW system honest.
18 min read · updated 2026-04-05
Standards
ISO 45001 audit prep — the evidence map
The ten clauses, the evidence each one needs, and the Composer template / report pairing that produces it. Save this as a stage-1 readiness checklist.
22 min read · updated 2026-04-08
Contractors
Contractor management — pre-qual to permit
Four capabilities that compose into a real contractor program: pre-qualification, insurance tracking, training matrix, permit eligibility. Each one is a Composer block.
11 min read · updated 2026-03-20
Culture
Behaviour-based safety — what works, what does not
BBS has a PR problem, and most of it is deserved. Here is the version that moves leading indicators without the surveillance vibe.
9 min read · updated 2026-03-15
Process safety
Process Safety Management — a QEHS primer
The 14 PSM elements, how they map to QEHS modules, and where they overlap with OSHA 1910.119 and EPA 112(r).
16 min read · updated 2026-03-28