EHS Compliance Audit
EHS Compliance Audit Services
Your environmental person doesn't audit safety. Your safety person doesn't audit environmental. Who's auditing both? Most facilities manage EHS as separate programs. But EPA and OSHA violations overlap more than you think. An integrated EHS compliance audit covers the full regulatory picture in one site visit—no gaps between programs.
EHS Compliance Audit Services
Environmental + safety + industrial hygiene programs assessed together. One audit. Both regulatory domains. Every gap. We deliver integrated findings across EPA, OSHA, state requirements, and management system compliance — in a single report with a single corrective action roadmap.
Integrated EHS Program Review
Environmental + safety + industrial hygiene programs assessed against EPA, OSHA, and state requirements in one engagement. Identify how the domains interact, conflict, or leave gaps.
Cross-Program Gap Analysis
Identify where environmental and safety programs overlap, conflict, or leave regulatory exposure. Chemical inventory management that satisfies HazCom but misses environmental reporting. Emergency response plans that address spills but not OSHA's emergency action plan.
Management System Assessment
Evaluate how EHS responsibilities are assigned, tracked, and verified. Identify single-person dependencies and documentation gaps. Your people should own the decisions; the systems should own the tracking.
Regulatory Applicability Review
Confirm which federal, state, and local requirements actually apply to your facility. Most facilities are either over-regulated (wasting resources) or under-regulated (carrying hidden exposure).
Training & Competency Audit
Verify EHS training across both domains: OSHA-required safety training AND environmental awareness. Check frequency, documentation, and content gaps in both programs.
Corrective Action & COOP Bridge
Prioritized findings with a roadmap connecting audit results to ongoing COOP retainer oversight. The audit identifies the gaps; COOP prevents them from recurring.
Integrated EPA + OSHA Audits
iSi integrates EPA and OSHA compliance assessment into a single audit framework. Most firms separate environmental from occupational safety — which creates blind spots. A stormwater violation in one domain and OSHA exposure in the other look disconnected when reviewed separately. Integrated, they tell a story: your programs aren't talking to each other.
iSi's EHS audit pulls back and shows the whole picture. You see not just what violates EPA rules, or what violates OSHA rules, but where those rules create compounding exposure. You read one report. Your team acts on one consolidated roadmap.
EHS Audit vs. Compliance Assessment: What You're Buying
The terms get mixed up. Here's what they mean at iSi:
EHS Compliance Audit — Comprehensive assessment of your environmental, health, and safety programs against regulatory baseline (EPA, OSHA, state). Identifies cross-program gaps. Deliverable is a findings report with priority ranking, regulatory citations, and corrective action roadmap. This is what you get when you call for an audit.
Compliance Assessment — Faster, narrower assessment focused on a single domain (environmental only, safety only, or industrial hygiene only) or triggered by a specific event (post-inspection, pre-acquisition due diligence, incident investigation). Typically 2–3 days on-site. Deliverable is findings and recommendations without the full corrective action roadmap.
Most of our clients start with the full EHS audit. You get the complete picture. Then you choose: address findings internally, move to a COOP retainer for ongoing support, or combine both.
Compliance Gaps Most Facilities Miss
These scenarios look compliant on the surface. Underneath, they carry real regulatory exposure. We see them at nearly every facility we assess for the first time.
Safety Audited Last Year. Environmental Audited Two Years Ago. Neither Looked at the Overlap.
Separate audits miss cross-program gaps entirely. Chemical management programs that satisfy HazCom but miss environmental reporting. Emergency response plans that address spills but not OSHA's emergency action plan requirements.
The facility has both programs documented. But no one has ever looked at them together to identify where compliance in one domain creates exposure in the other.
EPA violations run $15,000–$40,000+ per violation. OSHA willful violations run $10,000–$165,514 per violation.
Is this happening at your facility?
The Person Who Knows Everything Is Also the Single Point of Failure
One person owns both EHS domains. That person's knowledge isn't documented, systematized, or transferable. When they're unavailable—sick, on vacation, leave the company—both programs are exposed simultaneously.
If the EPA or OSHA inspector arrives and that person isn't there to explain the programs, you have no documented system to show. Your legal obligations don't disappear—they become the company's exposure.
Regulatory agencies expect documented, repeatable processes. Person-dependent knowledge is a documented failure.
Is this happening at your facility?
Compliance Budget Split Between Two Departments—Neither Fully Funded
Environmental gets some budget. Safety gets some budget. Neither has enough to maintain comprehensive programs. Resources are stretched across two separate initiatives that could be integrated and more efficient.
An integrated audit identifies the total compliance gap and how to reallocate resources more efficiently. Often the conversation that leads to consolidating both functions into one strategic plan.
Is this happening at your facility?
What an EHS Compliance Audit Costs
iSi's EHS compliance audits start at $3,500 for small facilities (single-building operations under 100 people) and scale to $8,000–$15,000 for multi-building campuses or complex operations.
Pricing is fixed once scope is locked. No surprises. The audit includes site assessment, findings documentation, corrective action prioritization, and regulatory citations. Report delivery is 3–4 weeks; expedited 2-week delivery available.
Dollar anchors for context:
- A full-time EHS hire: $130,000–$195,000/year
- One OSHA willful violation: up to $165,514
- iSi's EHS audit that catches it first: $3,500–$8,000 (41:1 return on a phone call)
- COOP retainer for ongoing oversight: $15,000–$90,000/year (covers 1–40 states, all domains)
The 60% Surrounding Work Frame
iSi doesn't replace your safety manager. We plug in alongside them. Your person handles the 40% that requires on-site presence and professional judgment—incident response, employee relationships, operational decisions. iSi handles the 60% surrounding work— the monitoring schedules, regulatory tracking, program updates, training documentation, and compliance calendars that consume bandwidth without requiring physical presence.
The EHS audit is where this relationship starts. You discover the gaps. We help you close them—and then we stay in place to make sure they don't come back.
Audit Economics.
A full-time EHS manager costs $130,000–$195,000 per year. iSi's COOP retainer—which includes periodic EHS audits, program updates, and ongoing compliance oversight—runs $15,000–$90,000/year. That's the augmentation model: your person handles the 40% requiring on-site judgment. iSi handles the 60% surrounding work—monitoring, documentation, program updates, and regulatory surveillance.
What You Get: The EHS Audit Report
Every EHS audit delivers a complete, integrated report—not separate environmental and safety documents. The report includes findings across all three domains (environmental, safety, industrial hygiene), a cross-program gap map showing where domains overlap and conflict, priority-ranked findings with regulatory citations (29 CFR + 40 CFR), and a corrective action plan with cost estimates, timelines, and responsible parties.
Reports are written for practitioners and operations leaders—clear findings, integrated recommendations, and compliance context. Your team reads it once and knows exactly what needs to happen across both the environmental and safety programs. Internal ownership is clear. Budget requirements are explicit.
The Single-Person Dependency Trap
If all your environmental and safety knowledge lives in one person's head—and that person gets sick, leaves the company, or is unavailable—what happens?
If the EPA or OSHA comes in and asks for documentation, and that person isn't there to answer, you're exposed. Your legal obligations don't disappear—they become company-wide.
iSi takes person-dependent knowledge and turns it into a documented, systematized program that any qualified person can execute. Protects your people. Protects your company. Makes you scalable.
EHS Compliance Audit: Complete Assessment
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EHS Compliance Audit Questions
What's the difference between an EHS compliance audit and separate safety/environmental audits?
Separate audits miss cross-program gaps entirely. An EHS audit covers environmental, health, and safety in one assessment—one site visit, one team, one report that shows where the programs overlap, conflict, or leave exposure. Chemical management programs that satisfy HazCom might miss environmental reporting. Emergency response plans might address spills but not OSHA's emergency action plan. A single integrated audit catches all of it.
How much does an EHS compliance audit cost?
Starting at $3,500 for a comprehensive facility assessment, depending on size and complexity. For context: a full-time EHS hire runs $130,000–$195,000/year. A single willful OSHA violation costs up to $165,514. An iSi EHS audit that prevents it costs $3,500–$8,000. The audit is usually the first step toward a COOP retainer at $15,000–$90,000/year for ongoing oversight.
Who needs an EHS compliance audit?
Any facility where one person wears both environmental and safety hats. Any facility that hasn't had a comprehensive review in more than 12 months. Any facility preparing for growth, acquisition, or a major operational change. Any facility where compliance knowledge isn't documented or systematized. When OSHA or EPA arrives, they expect documented processes, not person-dependent knowledge.
What happens after the audit?
You get a prioritized findings report organized by regulatory domain and severity. The report shows where your environmental and safety programs overlap or conflict, and a corrective action roadmap with cost estimates and timelines. Most clients move from audit to a COOP retainer—the audit identifies the gaps; the COOP retainer prevents them from recurring.
How long does an EHS audit take?
Site assessment typically takes 2–5 days depending on facility size. Reporting and findings deliverable takes 3–4 weeks. iSi can accelerate to 2-week guaranteed turnaround if timing is critical. Plan ahead if you're preparing for an inspection or operating under compliance pressure.
Do you audit ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 compliance?
Yes. iSi's EHS audits can incorporate ISO 14001 (environmental management systems) and ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety management) requirements alongside regulatory baselines. If you're certified or pursuing certification, tell us during the kick-off call so we align the audit scope.
What makes iSi's EHS audit different?
iSi doesn't separate the audit into environmental + safety + IH buckets and then write three reports. We audit the entire program integrated—showing where EPA compliance supports or undermines OSHA compliance, where industrial hygiene fits into both, and exactly what needs to be fixed. You read one report. Your team acts on one consolidated roadmap. Your internal responsibility is clear.
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