Daryl Upton

President Safety on Sight

IHSA COR Associate Auditor - AP028

Experience

Daryl has worked in the construction industry for over 40 years. Starting as a laborer in the drilling and blasting industry working across the eastern and western arctic and northern Ontario until returning home to Ottawa. Daryl then worked for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton for 11 years gaining experience in municipal water, wastewater, civil construction, transportation and engineering disciplines. He then served the City of Ottawa as an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) advisor for 10 years.

Daryl transitioned to global engineering firm SNC Lavalin where he worked as a senior OHS Advisor / Constructor in the Industrial Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sector construction on federal government projects within the national capital area. These projects transitioned legislation and authority between the Canada Labour Code and Ontario Health and Safety Act.

Daryl then joined Ontario’s largest safe workplace association Workplace Safety and Prevention Services (WSPS) as a Senior OHS Consultant and continued to share and gain experience with federal and provincial employers.

With WSPS, Daryl managed a team of OHS consultants and later led the development of a full suite of OHS consulting services in conformance to ISO 19001 Quality Management Systems . As a manager within an ISO 9001 certified organization, Daryl gained valuable experience as the “auditee”, having to show conformance to external auditors. It was this experience that taught Daryl the challenges and rewards of working within a managed system.

As a Safety Professional

Daryl has conducted audits of Occupational Health and Safety Programs to COR™, OHSAS 18001™, and Ontario WSIB WorkWell™ for the past 15 years.

Daryl has advised in OHS for over 25 years across a wide variety of industry sectors. He has authored and developed OHS programs, policy, procedures and training to support compliance with federal and provincial legislation and certifications in management systems. 

Daryl has a proven track record developing

  • OHS programs in alignment to COR and CSAZ 1000

  • Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment in alignment to CSA Z1003

  • Confined Space Assessment and Control Programs in alignment to CSA Z1006

  • Hazard Prevention Programs under Canada Labour Code / COHSR

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