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EHS Agent

For: Admin, Coordinator | Tier: Pro

The EHS Agent is an AI-powered safety supervisor that works in the background to evaluate workplace safety decisions automatically. When events happen in your organization — a new chemical is added, an SDS is parsed, a quantity changes, an employee joins a site — the EHS Agent analyzes the situation and takes action without waiting for someone to notice a problem.

Think of it as having a senior EHS professional reviewing every change in your workplace around the clock. It checks hazards, verifies regulatory compliance, determines if new training is needed, maps required PPE, and alerts the right people — all within seconds of an event occurring.

How It Works​

The EHS Agent responds to trigger events — changes in your workplace that could have safety implications. When a trigger fires, the Agent assembles a team of five specialist evaluators, each focused on a different aspect of workplace safety. The specialists analyze the situation in parallel, produce findings, and recommend actions. Those actions are then carried out automatically.

Trigger Events​

The EHS Agent monitors seven types of events:

EventWhat Triggers ItWhat the Agent Does
Chemical addedA new chemical is added to your inventoryEvaluates the chemical's hazards, checks regulatory lists, determines training needs, recommends PPE
SDS parsedA new Safety Data Sheet is uploaded and parsedReviews the full SDS data for hazard information, exposure limits, and required protections
Quantity changedChemical quantities are updated at a siteChecks whether the new quantity approaches or exceeds regulatory thresholds (Tier II, fire code)
Chemical removedA chemical is removed from inventoryReassesses site hazard profile, updates training requirements if the chemical was the only source of a specific hazard
SDS updatedAn existing SDS is replaced with a newer versionCompares old and new hazard data, flags any changes in classification, PPE requirements, or exposure limits
Employee joined siteA new employee is assigned to a siteReviews the site's chemical hazard profile and determines what training and PPE the new employee needs
Annual reviewTriggered automatically once per yearPerforms a comprehensive review of your entire compliance program — chemicals, training, plans, and PPE

You don't need to configure these triggers. They fire automatically whenever the corresponding action happens anywhere in the platform.

The Five Specialists​

Each trigger event is analyzed by five specialist evaluators that focus on different compliance domains:

Hazard Specialist​

Assesses the chemical hazards involved in the event. It reviews GHS classifications, hazard categories, signal words, and hazard statements to determine the severity and nature of the risk. The Hazard Specialist determines whether the chemical poses acute toxicity, carcinogenicity, flammability, corrosion, or other physical and health hazards.

Regulatory Specialist​

Checks the event against applicable regulatory requirements. It cross-references your chemicals against OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs), NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limits (RELs), EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) thresholds, CERCLA Reportable Quantities, California Proposition 65, and other federal and state regulations. If the event creates a new regulatory obligation — or changes an existing one — the Regulatory Specialist flags it.

Training Specialist​

Determines whether the event triggers a training requirement. Under OSHA's HazCom Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200(h)), employees must be trained when a new chemical hazard is introduced to their work area. The Training Specialist evaluates whether existing training covers the new hazard or whether additional training assignments are needed.

PPE Review Specialist​

Maps GHS hazard classifications to required personal protective equipment. It compares the PPE needed for the chemical against the PPE currently available and assigned at the site. If there's a gap — for example, a new chemical requires chemical splash goggles but the site only provides safety glasses — the PPE Review Specialist flags it with a severity classification.

Notification Specialist​

Decides who needs to be informed about the event and its findings. It evaluates the severity of the findings from the other four specialists and determines whether to send notifications to the site manager, the Program Coordinator, the Admin, or specific employees. Urgent findings trigger immediate email alerts. Less critical findings are delivered as in-app notifications.

Decision Records​

Every evaluation the EHS Agent performs is recorded in a detailed decision record. This creates an audit trail that demonstrates your organization is actively monitoring and responding to workplace safety changes.

Each decision record includes:

  • Trigger event — What happened to initiate the evaluation
  • Date and time — When the evaluation occurred
  • Findings — What each specialist discovered
  • Recommended actions — What the Agent determined should happen
  • Actions taken — What was actually carried out (notifications sent, training assigned, alerts created)
  • Severity — The overall urgency level of the findings

Decision records are stored permanently and are accessible from the EHS Agent dashboard in Insights. They serve as evidence that your organization has a proactive, automated compliance monitoring process — which is exactly what OSHA inspectors want to see.

Viewing EHS Agent Decisions​

To review EHS Agent activity:

  1. Navigate to Insights from the main sidebar
  2. Select EHS Agent
  3. You'll see a decision timeline showing all recent evaluations
  4. Click any decision to expand the details
  5. Review the findings from each specialist
  6. See the recommended and completed actions
  7. Check the audit trail for the complete record

You can filter the timeline by:

  • Trigger type — Show only decisions triggered by a specific event (e.g., only "chemical added" events)
  • Severity — Show only high-severity or urgent decisions
  • Date range — Focus on a specific time period
  • Site — View decisions for a specific location

What the EHS Agent Does Automatically​

The EHS Agent doesn't just analyze — it acts. Depending on its findings, the Agent can automatically:

Action TypeWhat Happens
Compliance alertCreates an alert in the Compliance Center flagging the issue for human review
NotificationSends an email or in-app notification to the appropriate person (site manager, coordinator, or admin)
Training recommendationIdentifies that new or updated training is needed and flags it for the training administrator
PPE reviewFlags a PPE gap and recommends specific equipment additions
Quantity recalculationTriggers a site-level quantity recalculation when chemical amounts change
Exposure monitoringFlags chemicals that may require workplace exposure monitoring based on OSHA PELs

These actions happen in the background within seconds of the trigger event. By the time you check your Insights dashboard, the Agent has already analyzed the situation and started responding.

Why This Matters​

Most compliance failures aren't caused by negligence — they're caused by things falling through the cracks. A new chemical gets added to inventory, but nobody checks whether the team is trained to handle it. An SDS gets updated with a new hazard classification, but nobody updates the PPE requirements. An employee transfers to a new site, but nobody verifies they have the right certifications.

The EHS Agent eliminates these gaps by making every safety-relevant event trigger an automatic, comprehensive review. No human needs to remember to check. No spreadsheet needs to be updated. The Agent watches everything and responds immediately.