Industrial machinery safety consulting
Welcome to Compliance Insight Consulting Inc., your trusted partner in industrial machinery safety and the complexities of regulatory compliance. At Compliance Insight, we pride ourselves on delivering tailored, expert solutions that empower businesses to meet their compliance obligations confidently and efficiently. Our dedicated team of professionals brings a wealth of experience and deep industry knowledge, ensuring that your organization remains compliant, competitive, and prepared for the future. Discover how our comprehensive services can transform your approach to compliance and drive your success.
Executive Team

Douglas Nix
President, Managing Director, Technical ServicesHis background spans more than 30 years, including testing, industrial control system design, and machinery safety.

Kimberly Nix
CFO, Managing Director, Training and DevelopmentMarketing design and planning, administrative management, and product development.
Our History
Compliance Insight Consulting Inc. was formed in the spring of 2000 and formally incorporated in the Province of Ontario, Canada. During its first year of operation, Doug travelled extensively in the US and abroad to service clients.
From the spring of 2001 to the fall of 2007, Compliance InSight Consulting supported work through QPS Evaluation Services Inc. and Entela, Inc. in the machinery safety field. QPS engineers conducted more than 300 Ontario Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews, with Doug Nix performing field assessments and analyses.
In 2008, CIC and QPS amicably parted ways. CIC continues to provide various regulatory, machinery safety analysis, consulting and training services to clients and support BDL Engineering Inc., Indagate Engineering Corporation, and MTE Consultants in Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews.
Our industrial machinery safety consulting services
Compliance InSight Consulting Inc. provides specialized consulting services to industrial machine builders and users, including:
- Machinery Risk Assessment
- Application of the Hierarchy of Controls
- Functional Safety (System Specification & Analysis)
- Supporting Ontario Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews conducted by BDL Engineering Inc., Indigate Engineering Corporation, MTE Consultants Inc., and Waterloo EMC Services.
- Regulatory Consulting in Canadian, US and EU Markets
- Training in all of the above
CIC works with key partners to provide superior service and professionalism, serving a broad client base in Asia, Canada, the US and Europe.
Standards Development Activities
We are also very active in Standards Development activities. Our Principal Consultant, Doug Nix, sits on several Technical committees:
- CSA W117.2 — Safety in Welding, Cutting and Related Processes
- CSA Z432 — Safeguarding of Machinery
- CSA Z1002 — Occupational health and safety — Hazard identification and elimination and risk assessment and control
- IEC/TC 44 — Safety of machinery — Electrotechnical aspects
- IEC/TC 65A — System Aspects
- IEC/TC 121B — Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies
- ISO/IEC Joint Task Force on the Concept of Risk and Associated Terms (Project completed in 2024)
- ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 4 — Artificial intelligence
- ISO Committee on Consumer Policy (COPOLCO)
- ISO/PC 329 — Consumer incident investigation guideline Join the Canadian Mirror Committee 🇨🇦 (now disbanded)
- ISO/TC 83/WG 6 — Sports and other recreational facilities and equipment — Sport and Recreation — Benefit/risk assessment Join the Canadian Mirror Committee 🇨🇦
- ISO/TC 199 — Safety of Machinery† Join the Canadian Mirror Committee 🇨🇦
- ISO/TC 270 — Plastics and rubber machines† (🇨🇦 Mirror Committee now disbanded)
† Chair of the Canadian Mirror Committee
Training Services
CIC offers private and public training seminars in our core areas of expertise. Training is delivered live via the web, as well as in-person and public training events. CIC also produces the Machinery Safety 101 PodCast and blog. You can download past shows and the Show Notes from our PodCast archives. See our Training pages for more.