FAQ
They are different jobs. An EHS manager works for your company and owns the program day to day. A safety consultant is outside help for a defined scope. If your site needs someone on the floor every day, hire an EHS manager.
I'm Ryan L. Rinehart, Founder & Principal Consultant of EHS Concepts – The Ways of Safety. I'm a Navy veteran. I work from Springfield, Missouri, serving Springfield, Branson and southwest Missouri, with a second base in Independence, Missouri, for the Kansas City area, and on site or virtual nationwide.
I can review a program, run a 90-day pilot on one named site, or support site leaders after that work. The Safety Leadership Retainer is sold only after a pilot or review. It is monthly support, not a stand-in manager. The monthly fee does not include acting as the site safety manager or the competent person of record.
An EHS manager works for your company, is on site, and owns the program day to day. A safety consultant is outside help for a defined scope, such as a review, a 90-day pilot, or monthly support after that work. I do not act as the site safety manager or the competent person of record.
You need a full-time EHS manager when the work needs someone on site every day, owning the written program, training, incident response, and stop-work decisions for your crews. A consultant cannot replace that role. If that is the job you are trying to fill, hire an EHS manager.
A consultant is the better fit when you need a defined piece of work on one named site: a free Diagnose call, a $225 Working Session, a $2,500 HazCom Review, a $6,000 Core 90-Day Pilot, or the $22,500 SSIM Nexus Pilot. The Safety Leadership Retainer, at $2,500 a month, is sold only after a pilot or review. It is monthly support for site leaders, not a stand-in manager.
Yes. A site can already have an EHS person and still need a review, a rewrite, or a 90-day pilot on one named site. The retainer can support site leaders after that work. It is not a substitute for the manager, and it is sold only after a pilot or review.
Diagnose is free: one remote call, about 20 minutes, on one named site. The 60 Minute Working Session is $225. The HazCom Review is $2,500, remote, a site-specific review and rewrite of one written Hazard Communication program against 29 CFR 1910.1200 (construction: 1926.59). This is remote, not a generic template. There is no cheaper template-only product.
The Core 90-Day Pilot is $6,000: ninety days at one named site, remote. Payment: 50% at signing, 25% at day 30, 25% at day 60. The 90-Day SSIM Nexus Pilot is $22,500: ninety days at one named site, on site. Four on-site days in total: three at kickoff and one for the day-90 rescore, plus a remote day-45 check-in. Payment: 50% at signing, 25% at day 30, 25% at day 60. Travel is included in southwest Missouri. Kansas City and north/central Missouri add a flat $450. The rest of the Midwest is $1,800 flat or a quote. Outside the Midwest is quoted. Never a multi-site install.
The Safety Leadership Retainer is $2,500 a month ($30,000 a year), 8 hours a month, remote, with a 90-day first term, sold only after a pilot or review. Add an on-site day: a leadership site walk with your managers, conversations with crews, a gap readout before I leave, and a written action list within 2 business days. $1,950 per day plus travel outside southwest Missouri. $1,950 covers one day of up to 8 hours, booked 14 days ahead. Travel is included in southwest Missouri. Kansas City and north/central Missouri add a flat $450. The rest of the Midwest is $1,800 flat or a quote. Outside the Midwest is quoted.
Start a pilot within 30 days and the full fee for your $225 Working Session or $2,500 HazCom Review comes off the pilot price.
The guarantee below applies to the HazCom Review, the Core 90-Day Pilot, and the 90-Day SSIM Nexus Pilot. It does not apply to the retainer.
If the written program doesn't match how your crews actually work, I revise it until you accept it, within 30 days of delivery.
Full scope, inclusions, and exclusions are on the services and prices page.
The low-risk way to start is the 60 Minute Working Session: one hour by video on one problem at one site.
Or start with a free Diagnose call, about 20 minutes, remote, on one named site. A separate free tool, the Safety Diagnostic self-check for construction and manufacturing, is also available. It is not the Diagnose call. Start the self-check
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Ryan L. Rinehart
Founder & Principal Consultant
EHS Concepts. The Ways of Safety. Keep your people whole.