Machine risk assessment and safeguarding consulting for private equity firms
In today’s competitive deal landscape, machine safety and operational efficiency aren’t just compliance checkboxes – they’re essential levers for value creation and risk mitigation.
Machine Safety Specialists (MSS) is here to help your portfolio companies reduce risk, boost operational performance, and strengthen your position from due diligence through to exit.
Acquiring companies with latent safety issues can lead to:
From acquisition to exit, MSS can help you:
Identify hazards, prevent costly OSHA penalties, and avoid personal injury lawsuits.
Spot safety issues during due diligence to secure better terms.
Prioritize safety spending where it matters most.
Keep pace with ever-evolving OSHA, ANSI, ISO, and other standards.
Optimize machine safety to improve productivity and EBITDA.
Improve employee safety, retention, and perception.
Create the conditions for sustainable growth – and a more lucrative exit.
We offer a range of solutions, and each can be tailored to the needs of your firm or portfolio companies – as well as to where you are in your investment lifecycle. Whether you’re looking for an initial consultation during due diligence, an expert speaker for a corporate safety conference, training for a specific need, or full-service machine safety and compliance solutions across individual or multiple companies, we’re here to help. MSS applies our knowledge, skill, experience, and education to your situation.
Machine Risk Assessments & OSHA Gap Reviews
Custom Machine Guarding Design & Installation
Integration of Safety Devices & Control Systems to Meet Applicable Safety Standards
Compliance Consulting & Documentation Support
Ongoing Safety Consulting, Training, & Support
For firms in need of our turnkey machine safety and compliance capabilities, we provide a structured, three-phase solution customized to each portfolio company:
Site audit & compliance gap review
Design engineering & safeguarding installation
Validation, documentation, employee training & ongoing support
Learn more about how MSS, and the Clarion Safety Systems family of companies can help protect and grow your portfolio’s value.
Machine Safety Specialists (MSS), is a Clarion Safety Systems company, and a leader in machine safety and compliance solutions.
Yes! Through the Clarion Safety Systems family of companies, we help private equity firms protect and enhance value through our turnkey machine safety and compliance solutions.
The Clarion Safety Systems family of companies includes Machine Safety Specialists, a machine safety and compliance consulting practice, as well as Arrow Industrial Solutions – a machine safeguarding integrator.
Clarion Safety partners with private equity firms to protect capital, boost operational efficiency, and reduce regulatory risk across industrial portfolio companies. Our turnkey machine safety solutions – offered by our Machine Safety Specialists and Arrow Industrial Solutions businesses – enable smoother diligence, legal and regulatory compliance, and stronger EBITDA performance.
“Contact us today – we can be there tomorrow.” Rest assured, we understand timing urgency is often a factor in safety and compliance, and we’ll work together to meet your firms’ needs.
We work across industrial portfolio companies, and our services are ideal for any manufacturing operations utilizing industrial machinery.
We specialize in meeting both U.S. and international machine safety standards, including OSHA, ANSI, RIA, NFPA, and ISO/EN.
Our team is made up of TÜV-certified safety engineers and licensed Professional Engineers, each with over 20 years of experience and a focus on providing clear, unbiased, and actionable recommendations.
