Christopher Todd Upton

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Objective To join a reputable company that offers management opportunities in the Environmental Health and

Safety field as well as opportunities for professional development, continuous growth in a challenging

environment.

Summary Over 17 years of management experience in the Environmental Safety and Health field for construction,

farming, manufacturing, radioactive materials and chemical processing.

Education B.S. Industrial Training and Supervision from the University Of Tennessee Knoxville

Currently working on M.S. in Industrial Safety Management and Eligible to sit for ASP Exam.

Extensive working knowledge of:

OSHA Regulations Construction RCRA

OSHA Regulation General Industry NIOSH

EPA/DNR Regulations SARA

Workers Compensation NFPA

Industrial Hygiene Monitoring Waste Minimization

NRC Regulations OSHA SHARP Certification

Emergency/Incident Management OSHA VPP Star Certification

Hazardous Waste Management Incident Investigation

Clean Air Act Hazardous Material Spill Clean Up

Environmental Monitoring/Sampling Incident Investigation

Radiation Protection ISO/QS 9000

Trend Analyst Critical Safety Systems

Professional 2/12 – Present Owens Corning Toledo, OH

Experience Sr. Safety Leader

• Sr. Safety Leader on management team that won the National Safety Conference Green Cross Award

for 2013 to Sr. Officers and Business Leaders

• Managed, developed and implemented the environmental safety and health program for all the

Roofing and Asphalt Facilities in the eastern half of The United States

• Created The Owens Corning Global Safety Strategy for 2013 that resulted in interrupting the cycle of

increasing injuries and lowered RIR for The Building Materials Group (BMG) for the 13th

consecutive year

• Review, evaluate, provide feedback and safety approval for Capital Projects

• Review, critique and validate BMG incident investigations to ensure root cause/causes have been

identified and proper corrective actions have been implemented before granting final approval

• Certified BMG Hazard Recognition and Control Trainer. Managed program, train and certify

employees resulting in only BMG certified Hazard Recognition Trainers (3)at the facility level

• Managed and lead team that developed and refined approved format for JHA’s resulting in teams JHA

being posted on global web to be used as example/standard for JHA writing

• Special Projects - At the direction of Sr. Officers and OC Safety Director I evaluated, provide

management oversight, guidance, training and stabilization for Owens Corning’s new acquisitions.

Report my findings, recommendations and requests for capital and work with site and Sr. Leadership

to create a path forward

• Special Projects – Provide safety reviews, recommendations and feedback for new equipment and

processes planned for manufacturing. Work with engineering team during research and development

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and site leaders during insulation to identify uncontrolled safety hazards and develop corrective

actions to mitigate hazards

• Work with Site Leaders to set performance goals and objectives, development plans and conduct

evaluations for Site Safety Leaders at my facilities

• Program Development: I serve as subject matter expert and trainer for Owens Corning Critical Safety

Programs:

o LTT

o Confined Space

o Working from Heights

o Fork Truck Safety

o Hazard Recognition

• Manage and worked with site leaders throughout the VPP preparation/certification process resulting

in 3 sites being re-certified VPP Star and the first roofing & asphalt site at Owens Corning to jointly

receive the VPP Star Certification

• Seek out, research, evaluate and provide technical data and pricing on new technology. Provide

Business Leaders with potential cost savings, process improvements and/or the reduction of employee

safety risk

• Served as acting EHS Director and Emergency Manager during absence of EHS director

12/08 – 2/12 Monsanto St. Louis, MO.

St. Louis Site ESH Manager

• Developed and implemented the chemical audit and hazard ranking and recognition process that

resulted in the discovery and disposal of over 500,000 pounds of old, unstable, toxic, shock sensitive

chemicals.

• The chemical audit resulted in the creation of a chemical tracking and approval process that reduced

chemical waste and duplicate ordering by 70%.

• Developed and implemented the OSHA laboratory inspection/audit process for the Chemistry

Division that resulted in the one of the largest laboratory renovation/hazard mitigation project at the

St. Louis Site.

• The OSHA audit process created a system where employees at facilities are trained to identify

hazards, rank the hazard, implement corrective action and track and trend their results.

• Developed and implemented an environmental/contamination sampling protocol and training

program for employees who work with pesticides and fungicides.

• Serve as incident commander during site emergencies, coordinate e-squad actions, conduct hazardous

spill cleanup operations and coordinate responses with offsite emergency agencies

• Prepare presentations for upper management based on findings from audit and provide

recommendations, time lines and projected costs for remediation.

• Coordinate, develop and conduct regulatory driven training programs for employees and

managers to maintain certification and compliance.

2/2007 – 12/2008 Monsanto Redwood Falls, MN

Regional ESH Manager

• Managed, developed and implemented environmental safety and health processes for 18 different

sites in 6 states.

• Assisted, reviewed and approved each completed OSHA VPP Star application from sites in my region

prior to application submittal to OSHA.

• Developed and implemented a Pre-OSHA VPP evaluation process that resulted in 5 sites, in 3

separate states, achieving OSHA VPP Star Status in less than 2 years.

• Developed an incident tracking and process improvement process which is allows each site to identify

hazards, implement corrective actions, track the progress, verify end results and report finding to

management.

• Conducted ES&H and contractor evaluations to ensure contractors work safely and follow all

Monsanto ESH procedures.

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• Developed web based training programs for State of Minnesota Right to Know and Tool Box Safety

Talks for sites in my region.

4/06 – 2/07 The State of Hawaii, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

Business Liaison OSHA

• Managed the Consultation, Regulatory Enforcement and Environmental Health branches of the State

of Hawaii Department of Labor and represented the Director office during selected functions.

• Oversee and evaluate all fatality investigations for the State of Hawaii OSHA Branch.

• Managed the State of Hawaii VPP Star and SHARP Programs and participated in the Audit,

evaluation and accreditation process.

• Created a partnership between OSHA and Local VPP and SHARP businesses to create the VPP and

SHARP Steering Committee.

• Organized and led daily planning meetings with the Consultation Branch. This resulted in the

department meeting all federal milestones and securing federal funding for FY 2008.

• Organized, led daily planning meetings for The Regulatory Enforcement Branch and served as acting

Department Manager by facilitating Settlement Agreement Hearings and reviewing and evaluating

the citations of junior enforcement officers.

7/05 – 4/06 The State of Hawaii, Department of Health NRIAQ Branch

Environmental Health Specialist III (Temporary Emergency Hire)

• Inspected and approved blue prints of proposed construction/building projects to ensure compliance

with state and federal regulations.

• Conducted scheduled and surprise Inspections of facilities and investigated complaints of mold, and

other airborne odors and contaminants that were reported to our office.

• Investigated potential lead exposures to workers and took samples of suspected lead based paint for

evaluation.

5/04 – 6/05 Office of Radiation Safety, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Radiation Safety Specialist

• Maintain regulatory compliance by management, and delivery of all required radiation protection

training for radiation workers on the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus.

• Conducted inspection and took radioactive surveys in radiation work areas to detect and prevent

possible radioactive contamination.

• Conduct inspections and radioactive surveys of all radioactive waste to ensure compliance with state

and federal regulations.

4/03 – 5/04 Office of Research Administration, University of Tennessee Knoxville

2/02 – 3/03 Akard Commutator of Tennessee

4/98 – Present DELTA Timing Group (Continue as Part Time Seasonal position as time

permits)

4/99 – 2-02 Canberra Oak Ridge LLC. (Government Reduction in Force)

Nuclear Facility Manager

• Manage the safe processing, transportation and storage of radioactive and fissile materials.

• Created an accountability safeguards protocol for workers in hazardous environments.

• Developed and implemented a pre-use equipment inspection checklist for process equipment.

• Developed and implemented a hazard recognition and safety systems checklist for field operations.

• Served as incident commander during hazardous/radioactive materials spill clean up.

• Served as facilities fissile materials safety officer and point of contact during criticality incidents.

1997 – 4/99 BNFL, INC

Superintendent/Senior Area Supervisor

• Developed and implemented SPO for hazardous work environments and Emergency Action Plan for

the site.

• Manage and provide direction to shift Industrial hygiene, health physics, fissile material and ESH

staff and serve as point of contact for the project manager on all related issues.

• Serve as incident commander during all emergency response operations.

• Recognized as having the lowest incident/injury rate for any work crew on the project.

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7/90 – 1/97 Lockheed Martin Energy Systems (Government Reduction in Force)

Assistant Plant Shift Superintendent, Facility Manager, Waste Mgt. Supervisor, Training Associate

• Coordinate the safe shipment and storage of fissile, radioactive materials and hazardous waste

products.

• Serve as incident commander providing emergency management through notifications of

plant/system failures and determining corrective plans of actions to successfully return site to normal

operations.

• Developing and administering Emergency Management and safety training to plant E-Squad

members.

• Developed and implement SOP’s for hazardous/RCRA waste pick up, transportation and storage

operations.

• Manage and coordinate facilities Industrial hygiene, health physics, criticality safety programs and

staff to support hazardous waste operations.

• Developed, facilitated and implemented performance based, regulatory driven safety training

programs and provided certifications to employees that successfully completed program

requirements.

• Work with division managers to developed regulatory driven SOP’s for the different high hazard

operations conducted at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

10/89 – 7/90 Rust Engineering (Company Lost Contract with Department Of Energy)

Training and Development Rep.

• Developed, conducted regulatory driven ES&H training programs along with advanced radiation

protection for construction workers.

10/86 – 6/89 Roadway Express, Kernersville NC. Facility

10/85 – 10/86 Indian Head Industries/Detroit Gasket

References

• Available on request.

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