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    Building a Business on Reliable, Repeatable Safety Audits with SafetyReports

An accurate evaluation of federal and state standards is nonnegotiable for safety audits. Eastern Idaho Safety Consultants turned to SafetyReports to deliver consistent, professional reports every time. What took a day of manual research and report writing now just takes 90 minutes, empowering their consultants to visit more job sites and further their reputation for accuracy and reliability.

4 hours saved

PER INSPECTION

2X site visits

PER DAY

Client Confidence

FOR EVERY INSPECTION

Meet Eastern Idaho Safety Consultants

Eastern Idaho Safety Consultants has been helping contractors meet OSHA standards and keep crews safe since 2017. With 50-plus years of combined experience, their team of consultants conducts hundreds of audits a year for the construction, food processing, healthcare, wastewater treatment, and manufacturing industries. Their reputation has been built on accuracy, professionalism, and the ability to deliver tailored, actionable recommendations to their clients.

At the heart of the business, founder Ed Woodford, a Certified Safety Professional and Hazardous Materials Manager has spent years as an OSHA instructor for general industry and construction standards. His vision for Eastern Idaho Safety Consultants is simple: uncomplicated health and safety solutions for clients

Eliminating hours double-checking the Code of Federal Regulations for every report

Before SafetyReports, writing reports for every inspection was a time-consuming process. After each site visit, Ed and his team would return to the office and spend hours cross-referencing the Code of Federal Regulations to ensure the correct standards were cited. For consulting businesses entrusted with providing accurate information, even the smallest citation error could damage their reputation. That’s why Eastern Idaho Safety Consultants took their time to meticulously double-check every detail.

But even the most experienced consultants can miss things. “I’ve driven away from a site and gone, ‘Whoa, wait, I forgot to check this one thing,’” Ed shared. “Ready to finish the report, I realized I had to drive back.” For Ed and his team, it wasn’t just about saving time. It was about getting it right. Because there are no shortcuts when it comes to safety. Every detail matters. And every report is a reflection of your credibility. That’s why Ed chose to look into SafetyReports.

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Scaling accurate, professional inspections with SafetyReports

When Ed Woodf first learned about SafetyReports, he was skeptical. Could a risk management app truly eliminate pen-and-paper inspections? Could it deliver on its promise to cut down hours for his team without sacrificing accuracy?

Ed put it to the test. “The first time I used SafetyReports on an audit, my report was done in an hour and a half,” he shared. “I even went through item by item to make sure it was right.” It was.

What took Eastern Idaho Safety Consultants an entire day, conducting an audit and writing up a report, now takes only 90 minutes. It saves approximately four hours per audit. And minimizes human error. “I don’t care if you’ve been doing safety for one year or thirty. SafetyReports is there to remind you of the little things you might forget.”

“I don’t care if you’ve been doing safety for one year or thirty. SafetyReports is there to remind you of the little things you might forget.”

With confidence in their inspections and reporting through the platform, each consultant can  visit more job sites and spend less time in the office.“My guys can hit more job sites in a day. They can hit three, sometimes four, job sites in a day. Where previously, if they did four sites in a day, they were down for four or five days doing nothing but report writing,” Ed explained.

Every report pulled from SafetyReports is branded, includes corrective actions, and is consistent - even for those who struggle with writing. “There’s no ‘How do i write this? How do I say this?’ It’s there in SafetyReports.”

The professional-grade reports are especially useful for clients with strict requirements to submit corrective action logs and reports on a monthly basis. For those working with the Federal Government, Corps of Engineers, Naval Facilities, Bureau of Reclamation, or National Park Service, the detailed reports only need a cover letter before being submitted. This has become a large value add for their clients.

Becoming a trusted resource in a word-of-mouth world

For Ed Woodruff, safety audits aren’t just a way to flag what went wrong. They are a way to help clients do better. “They didn’t do it wrong because they wanted to do it wrong. They did it wrong because they didn’t know any other way to do it,” he said. That mindset is built into how Eastern Idaho Safety Consultants approach each inspection. SafetyReports’ inspections module includes two helpful links: one to the cited Code of Federal Regulations and another to the Best Practices Management resource. That means Ed’s team can easily cite the correct regulation and offer immediate, actionable guidance on how to improve.

They also make an effort to point out what’s going well onsite. Through SafetyReports, the consultants include positive observations in their reports - not just negative.  And provide quarterly dashboard views for each client to have better visibility into trends and recurring issues. This extra step empowers their clients and sparks positive conversations around a future of improvement.

Advice for safety consultants looking to do the same

After years of leveraging SafetyReports, Ed has one piece of advice: try it and track your results. He was so impressed that he lent the app to a colleague, an on-site Safety Manager, for a multi-billion dollar construction project. After a week and a half of use, the feedback was unanimous: “ All of his guys were asking, ‘Why don’t we have this?’” Ed reports. For safety professionals who care about accuracy, consistency, and a culture of improvement, SafetyReports is a competitive advantage.

About Safety Reports

SafetyReports is a leading risk management platform built to help safety professionals streamline site inspections, digitize reporting, and ensure compliance across all job sites. Our comprehensive suite of solutions includes: Inspections, Training, JSAs, Observations, Incidents, Scan, and Forms – creating a truly paperless approach for safety operations. To see it in action, book a demo with our team today.

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