ESS Group, Inc. was retained by a leading commercial insurance company to provide on-site support for its Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) program at two of the company's facilities in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The facilities consists of consist of thirty buildings, with one of the facilities totaling over 200,000 square feet and nine million cubic feet. Functions supported by these centers include engineering and research laboratories that provide data and strategic support, as well as laboratories for testing natural hazards, electrical fixtures and equipment, hydraulics, and a dust explosion bunker.

ESS conducts OSHA-required Hazard Screenings to identify and mitigate hazards present in the buildings and laboratories. ESS develops and/or coordinates all EHS-related training sessions for the laboratory personnel, including: machine operation safety, respiratory hazard awareness, spill response, emergency response, material handling, hot work, and fire extinguisher training. ESS also has developed several Lock-Out Tag-Out procedures for several pieces of equipment for one of the two facilities. In order to track materials and quantities on site and the training sessions for the personnel, ESS developed and implemented tracking databases for each facility.

In addition, ESS assists this company with day-to-day, on-site EHS requirements, such as hazardous materials and waste management, inspections, reporting, regulatory assessments, and development and management of protocols and procedures.