About HAC

About HAC:
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Houghton & Associates Consultants
PO Box 147 Perrin, TX 76486
Phone (940) 798-2962 E-mail

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General Description
Explanation of Name
Our Goals
Our Services
Your Benefits

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

General Description:

"We specialize as an outsource to assess and/or develop accident prevention programs and assist you online in tracking and maintaining your programs with professional source capability"

We utilize a new and unique approach in serving our clients. We have developed a standard safety or accident prevention program that includes the elements necessary to assist you, the employer in your efforts to control losses. The program is specifically tailored to Federal and Texas regulatory requirements. However, it contains sound principals and will work anywhere with pertinent adjustments. Our concept is called OSHELP.

OSHELP establishes a standard program plan that contains the essential elements of any good program. This allows you to easily control and update the program and meet time requirements of reporting and other tasks.

We assist you by making inspections of the facilities and exposures as needed during the year.
We also assist you in accident investigations, OSHA inspections, or safety problems that may arise.
We interface with your designated safety coordinator in the daily application of the program.
The program has necessary forms, logs, checklists etc to run your version of the program.
We also do training necessary to help you come into compliance with regulatory requirements.

We start by evaluating your company needs and exposures. We plug you into our standard system, making custom adjustments where needed. After you approve the program, we place it into the online system (either on your Intranet or through our secure Internet website) where your approved personnel can gain access with a password. The password is necessary to protect the online archiving of records and forms associated with maintaining necessary or required records.

EXPLANATION of NAME

Explanation of Our Name:

Our Trade Mark or Program Theme is: "HAC-OSHELP", which describes the service provided. All employer Accident or Loss Prevention efforts can be generally categorized as "Occupational Safety" or "Occupational Safety and Health". Environmental issues as defined by EPA addresses what hazardous chemicals go into the air or water sources. Equally important is the environment in which workers are asked to perform their duties. That exposure is also known as an "Environment". Thus the acronym origin:

Occupational Safety, Health, Environment, and Loss Prevention. = OSHELP
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Occupational Safety + HELP = OSHELP

Our services are directed toward assisting the employer in their accident prevention efforts and are certainly a big HELP. So, when an employer needs HELP with their Occupational Safety, Health, Environment and Loss Prevention Program......

Who You Going to Call? - "OSHELP" (940) 798-2962 Perrin, TX 76486 Comments Email

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Comments of Owner:

The owner has served in various disciplines and facets of the field of safety and health for more than 30 years and aware of the employer responsibilities, both from the regulatory and loss control, standpoint.

We have assembled a modern approach to assisting today's small to medium employer by utilizing the latest communication technology. This program has built in methods and assurances to help responsible employer's in their efforts to comply with OSHA and State Workers Compensation Programs as well as reduce associated losses.

We are operating out of the Dallas/FT Worth Metroplex in the North Texas Area, but service most of Texas and surrounding states with our reviews and program development. However, we are implementing online services that can be utilized from anyplace with an internet access.

We host and support this webpage on the www. We feel It is a good source for anyone involved in one of the various Loss Prevention or Risk Management disciplines. There are hundreds of links to numerous resources. It is user friendly and easy to navigate. For now it is limited to a fairly simple text and frames format to expedite loading. We plan to offer a more complex version at a later date for the fast machines with lots of memory.

In addition, the HAC-OSHELP Program operates through a Home Page with numerous links to many sources and also serves as an interface between the client and HAC and utilizing both internets and intranets. These connections are designed to be secure and confidential. The client (employer) must enter access codes to open their program. Special access is required for confidential information input and review.

Derl Houghton
Owner, HAC-OSHELP

GOALS

Provide viable options related to accident prevention needs

Identify resources for managing accident prevention program

Assist or guide management and safety personnel

Provide an excellent online source

Reduce client losses

Eliminate suffering

SERVICES

On Site Consultations: (General Accident Prevention Reviews)

Assess existing accident prevention programs, hazard evaluation and make recommendations.

Program Development:

Develop and customize needed programs and plans including policies procedures etc.

Training Development and Presentation:

Determine training needs, develop plan, and provide training as needed and agreed upon.

Accident Investigation:

Assist, assess or conduct investigations of all on-the-job injuries or mishaps involving accidents or hazardous conditions in the workplace and make recommendations.

Workers Compensation:

Evaluate current system, assess loses, make recommendations, develop a tracking system to minimize losses associated with work place injuries. Provide an online tracking system if desired.

Provide Approved Professional Safety Source (APS) Assistance:

Assist Texas employers in the public sector who have been designated as an extra hazardous employers as mandated by The Texas Workers Compensation Commission (TWCC)

Provide Contract Reviews:

Conduct contract reviews and service policy holders to workers compensation insurance companies or clients of consulting firms as specified.

OSHA Inspections:

Assist you when you have an OSHA inspection.

Maintain List or Cadre of Safety Professional Specialized Sources:

List and maintain a working relationship with other professionals for referrals and special expertise as necessary to accomplish tasks.

BENEFITS

Reduces or prevents workplace injuries and deaths. This relates to a happier and well adjusted workforce and reduces the overall cost of doing business. Accident losses come out of your bottom line or profits. They are not a cost of doing business, nor are they deductible as an expense for tax purposes. However, an outsource like this service is a legitimate deduction.

Other aspects of having a formal or written accident prevention program are as follows:

Standardization which brings better communications, planning, training, and performance.

Easier and more accurate documentation review of federal, state, or local regulatory requirements.

Confidence that your operation should have fewer surprises.

Utilization of your local computer intranet network and internet connection to quick online loss prevention source help.

Securely maintain and archive your accident prevention records such as accident investigation, reporting, OSHA Log, training records, policies and procedures, MSDS's and other uses.

If you would like to know more about the OSHELP Program, provide feedback through the comments page, or call to set an appointment, I will be happy to visit with you. See heading at top of page for phone, address and Email .