Safety Partners LLC

Safety Partners is a Bedford consulting firm that runs environmental health and safety (EHS) programs for life science and technology companies, from startups moving into their first labs to global firms needing extra support. Its team members all hold bachelor’s degrees in the life sciences, and many have master’s degrees or PhDs, so its Consulting Safety Officers approach lab safety as fellow scientists. Services include permits and regulatory compliance, EHS program development, training and lab relocation or decommissioning.

The firm traces its start to 1992, when young biotech companies in Cambridge began outsourcing business needs, and it describes itself as the first to offer outsourced, hands-on, ongoing lab EHS programs. A Quality, Research and Training team tracks regulations and industry practice to back up the consultants in the field. Safety Partners has logged more than 650,000 consulting hours for over 900 life science companies and now works across industries and across the country.

What to Know

• Safety Partners is a Certified Women Owned Business.
• Founder and former CEO Denise Aronson began her retirement in 2025.
• The firm publishes a series on incidents, accidents and near misses in lab research, now in its tenth volume.
• Its services include industrial hygiene and training that counts toward contact hours.