Pamela Murcell is the President of KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc., and a Certified Industrial
Hygienist. Her professional experience in occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene, regulatory
compliance, and training, began in 1980, and includes seven and a half years with the State of California -- Cal/OSHA
Program and Toxic Substances Control Program, and eight and a half years as Corporate Health and Safety Director
for Brown and Caldwell Consulting Engineers.
Ms. Murcell has provided project management and consultation for numerous projects. Her duties have included planning,
reviewing, approving and implementing safety plans for field work and for hazardous waste operations compliance;
evaluation of risks to workers and public health; and coordination with agencies and project team members. Hazards
associated with these projects have ranged from confined space entry to toxic air contamination to hazardous materials
handling and sampling to heat stress. She has extensive field experience with sampling equipment and instruments for
soils investigations and air monitoring, and as site safety officer for project teams on hazardous waste projects.
Ms. Murcell's additional experience includes: providing consultation on chemical exposures, physical hazards and
related health effects; assisting with the preparation of risk assessments; interacting with regulatory agencies
during regulations development process; and auditing health and safety programs for compliance with OSHA regulations.
KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc. (KWA) is a California corporation which provides consulting services and training seminars for occupational safety and health and hazardous materials and waste management. KWA Safety & HazMat Consultants, Inc. is a woman-owned business, currently owned and operated by its president, Ms. Pamela Murcell, CIH.
KWA is certified by the State of California
Department of General Services (DGS) as a small business
enterprise (SBE), and certified by the California Public Utility
Commission (CPUC) Supplier Clearinghouse as a woman-owned
business enterprise (WBE).
KWA has earned an excellent reputation by providing top quality services for over twenty-five years. Many of our
clients have retained our services repeatedly over the years which validates KWA’s commitment to quality and
client service.
KWA’s services are designed to cost-effectively assist
organizations with their environmental and occupational health and safety
needs. Our professional staff will supplement your internal resources, or provide these
services if you do not have this resource in-house. The advantages to you of using KWA’s resources are: immediate
attention to an environmental/occupational health and safety need; no hiring or replacement costs; no additional
overhead costs; non-productive time is eliminated.
KWA develops and implements
comprehensive health and safety programs, and provides many classroom and
hands-on training programs on
health and safety topics.
KWA provides consulting by professionals who are recognized for their expertise in their respective fields of
occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene, hazardous materials waste management, regulatory compliance,
and training.
KWA staffs its projects whenever possible, and always when required, with professionals who are
certified in their area of technical expertise; for example, certification from the American Board of Industrial
Hygiene or the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. When a project involves laboratory analysis of samples,
only certified laboratories are used for this service.
Ms. Murcell provides the primary expertise in her respective technical areas for consulting and training
services. KWA retains key subconsultants as needed to provide timely and quality services.