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Calgary Safety Consultants · Practical OH&S Support
We help employers across Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan build practical safety programs, prepare for COR and SECOR audits, respond to OHS orders, improve hazard assessments, and train workers with clear, compliance-focused support.
Whether you are building a safety program from the ground up, preparing for COR, responding to an OHS order, or bringing an outdated safety manual back in line with real workplace conditions, we help you take the next step.
Who we are
Calgary Safety Consultants is an occupational health and safety consulting company based in the Calgary area and serving employers across Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. We work with small and mid-sized businesses that need practical safety support without unnecessary complexity.
Our work is led by John Duplessis, B.Sc., CRSP, an experienced OH&S consultant with more than 30 years of experience across compliance support, program development, audits, training, emergency planning, and operational risk management.
John Duplessis, B.Sc., CRSP
Canadian Registered Safety Professional and certified COR auditor. Former safety leader with Enbridge, Gibson Energy and ADNOC, recipient of the ADNOC HSE Innovation Award, and author of two OH&S books.
Meet John →Employers are not looking for a binder full of generic policies. They need a safety system that reflects the work they perform, the hazards their workers face, and the compliance expectations they must meet.
That is where we help. We turn requirements, findings, and documentation gaps into practical actions your people can follow.
Choose the right service
We connect legal and audit expectations to the work your people perform, the evidence your business must retain, and the operational consequences of weak follow-through.
Customized manuals built around your work, hazards, roles, procedures, and documentation needs rather than a generic binder.
View safety manual support →Program gap reviews, audit preparation, corrective-action tracking, and COR audits from a certified COR auditor.
View COR and SECOR support →Practical support for inspections, training records, hazard assessments, corrective actions, emergency documents, and safety meetings.
View ongoing safety support →Online, virtual, and customized training that helps workers, supervisors, and managers understand and apply their responsibilities.
View safety training →Hazard identification, risk assessment, controls, and practical safe work practices or job procedures connected to actual work.
View hazard assessment support →Clear help responding to OHS orders, inspection findings, client requirements, and documentation gaps before issues repeat.
View regulatory support →For small employers starting SECOR
A safety manual, five hazard assessments, up to 10 safe work practices and about 18 forms, set up for your company and reviewed by a certified COR auditor.
When to call Calgary Safety Consultants
Businesses usually contact us when they need practical help with a safety manual, COR or SECOR preparation, an OHS order, a workplace inspection finding, hazard assessments, training gaps, or ongoing program maintenance.
We help organize the required documentation, identify what needs to be corrected, support supervisors, improve worker training records, and build practical systems that reduce compliance risk, audit findings, claims exposure, and operational disruption.
For employers ready to move off paper, we also set up digital safety management with Site App Pro, so inspections, corrective actions and training records are completed and tracked in one system.
Safety consulting across Western Canada
We provide safety consulting and training across Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. Each province has its own regulatory requirements, enforcement expectations, and industry risks, so our approach reflects those differences while maintaining a consistent standard of practical implementation.
Start with the problem
Trusted partners and accreditations
Our professional memberships, safety training relationships, and industry affiliations support the quality of our consulting, training, and documentation services.





Why employers choose Calgary Safety Consultants
Many employers contact us because they are overwhelmed by safety requirements or unsure whether their current program would hold up during an audit, client review, incident response, or regulatory inspection.
Hands-on experience in high-risk industries, including safety leadership roles with Enbridge, Gibson Energy and ADNOC, helps employers understand requirements and build programs supervisors and workers can use.
Stronger controls, training, and follow-up reduce incidents, claims, audit findings, and operational disruption.
Documents and processes are built around your work, hazards, workforce, and operational needs rather than generic templates.
Clear communication, supervisor follow-up, worker engagement, and management accountability make safety part of daily operations.
Simple steps to safer workplaces
Every project is different, but the work should move through an understandable sequence with clear ownership and useful outputs.
Tell us what is happening, what is required, and where the pressure is coming from.
A complimentary 30-minute conversation helps define the right scope and a practical way forward.
We review the current system on site or remotely and identify gaps, risks, and priorities.
You receive clear findings and a go-forward plan, followed by implementation support when needed.
We can return to confirm the changes are working and responsibilities remain clear.
Trust matters when you bring in outside safety support.
Hear from clients who have worked with Calgary Safety Consultants to improve workplace safety, compliance, and day-to-day safety performance.
We had a great experience and subscribed for ongoing OH&S services. Best choice we made for our business and our staff.
Calgary Safety Consultants is great to work with. They were able to help with our industry specific needs, and improve our company.
Great finishes product and delivered timely. We intend to get more modules completed this year. Thank you!
John was amazing to work with. He was quick and efficient with all our project tasks. Could not recommend more!
We engaged Calgary Safety Consultants to assisst our condo community in getting up to speed on Alberta OH&S requirements for caretaking and groundskeeping staff.
John was very insightful on developing a “right sized” safety manual for our Condo Corp activities.
Our project was completed efficiently and expediently. More importantly, we understand what is required and why.
John was awesome to deal with and got me on track to deal with ohs. Highly recommended
Thankyou John for doing on site inspection and Job Hazard Assessment, your report really helped us.
John was great to work with! I was having trouble finding someone to help us perform an audit of our warehouses for OHS compliance and came across Calgary Safety Consultants – exactly what we were looking for! John visited our 3 sites and delivered a very comprehensive report for us to use – all in a very timely and professional manner.
John was fantastic in informing me and providing the documents needed to run a health and safety program. we are so greatful we found John with calgary safety consultants.
We loved working with this company. They really got us out of a jam after a visit from Alberta OH&S.
John was extremely helpful and detail oriented when helping us create a compliance matrix that was required for our business. His background in the oil and gas industry set the bar for the highest level of health and safety standards. His turn around time was also extremely fast.
Everything was awesome and we would use them again. We hope to see him in the future.
John is very professional and knowledgeable. It was a pleasure working with him.
Excellent company. Very knowledgeable, professional and the communication was great.
If your Company is looking to make real and long lasting internal corporate improvements to its Safety Culture and performance; or wish to elevate your HSE Profile when bidding on Project or vetting sub-contractors. You need to reach out to the Safety Professionals at Calgary Safety Consultants. The Safety services and advice that is provided is based off of professional training , extensive knowledge of Federal and Provincial OH&S Regulations, and the proven ability to identify, document, communicate and implement innovative and proven Safety Solutions to meet the Safety challenges across a wide variety of industries and work environments.
John Duplessis is a very experienced safety professional with multi-safety service offerings. He has both national and international safety advising experiences both on land and offshore.John will listen to your safety needs and formulate an appropriate plan to address your concerns.I recommend using him for your health, safety and environmental projects or consulting needs. He has an expansive network of addtional professionals to augment his services.
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Common questions
Clear answers to common questions about safety consulting, training, COR support, and OH&S program development.
We help employers develop, improve, and maintain practical workplace safety programs. This may include OH&S manuals, COR or SECOR preparation, training, inspections, incident investigations, hazard assessments, emergency response planning, and ongoing safety support.
Yes. We work with employers that need practical safety support without hiring a full-time safety professional, including companies building a program for the first time, updating documentation, meeting client requirements, or improving day-to-day safety management.
Yes. We review documentation, identify gaps, organize audit evidence, strengthen field-level implementation, and help supervisors and workers understand their responsibilities.
Yes. Training is available for workers, supervisors, managers, and safety committee members through self-paced, virtual, and workplace-specific formats, depending on the topic and operational need.
We provide safety consulting and training across Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, with an approach tailored to the location, industry, and work being performed.
Contact a safety consultant when documentation is outdated, a client requirement must be met, an audit is approaching, supervisors need clearer direction, incidents are increasing, or the business needs help building a usable system.
Book a consultation or send a short description of your workplace and concern. We will identify whether you need a full program, gap review, training, audit preparation, documentation support, or ongoing consulting.
Yes. We can review existing manuals, forms, procedures, and training records, identify practical gaps, update documentation, and strengthen implementation and accountability.
Start with a practical review
We will review your situation, identify the next practical step, and explain how Calgary Safety Consultants can help.