Industrial Engineering and OSHA Safety Expert

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20 plus years of practical, technical, academic, and operational experience in engineering applications, industrial plant safety, workplace safety, and construction worksite safety. Principal Consulting Engineer: Consulting with law firms, corporations, and risk managers as an expert witness, conducting investigations and providing deposition, and trial testimony. Analysis of workplace safety claims in Plants, refineries, construction and industrial environments, including industrial plant safety, workplace safety, construction worksite safety, process safety management, and engineering technical specifications. Perform incident site and equipment inspections, documenting incident scenes/sites (including rapid response), perform compliance audits regarding applicability and/or compliance with OSHA, API, ASTM, ASME, ANSI, NFPA, State and Federal statutes, and other applicable standards of care within the industry, the standards of care within the workplace safety, equipment, inspections, maintenance, and service industries. Primary areas of consultation is Industrial/Refinery/Plant workplace and jobsite safety, ANSI/OSHA/ASTM/ASME compliance, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Design Failure Mode Analysis (DFMEA), Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), mechanical design analysis, Off-Highway Vehicles (OHV), recreational vehicles, inspection and maintenance of semi-trailers, tank trailers, yard mules, heavy construction and materials handling equipment. Extensive experience with repair and restoration of passenger vehicles, motorcycles, commercial motor vehicles, heavy equipment, recreational vehicles, small machinery, and agricultural tractors and equipment. Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering - University of Illinois State of Texas – Professional Engineer – License No. 156008 State of Illinois – Professional Engineer – License No. 62077577 Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) - Certification No. 1050690 Board of Certified Safety Professionals – Associate Safety Professional (ASP) - Cert No. ASP-41382 State of Texas Apprentice Electrician - License No. 768259 Certified Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Technician in Passenger Car/Light Truck and Heavy- Duty Truck Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 132 Hour Occupational Safety and Health Professional 192 Hour Construction Safety and Health Professional 233 Hour Oil and Gas Safety Health Professional OSHA Class 1-7 Powered Industrial Trucks: Train the Trainer Certification OSHA Boom Lift & Scissor Lift: Trainer Certification OSHA Competent Person for Scaffolding, Fall Protection, and Excavation & Trench NFPA 70E Vibration Institute – Vibration Analyst: Category II (ISO 18436-2) Intrepid Vehicle Spy (VSpy3) Can Bus Basics, Scripting, and Diagnostics Apollo Associated Services - Apollo Root Cause Training Think Reliability - 5-Why Cause Mapping Think Reliability - Root Cause Training ASME Section VIII Div 1 and 2 Pressure Vessel Design Confined Space Smith System – Managing DOT Safety & Compliance Hazmat Hazwoper Arc Flash Asbestos Exxon Mobil – Advanced Fundamentals of Lubrication John Crane Mechanical Seal Training Pump Training – Design, Operations, Maintenance, and Repair Advanced Bolted Joint Design High Pressure Piping Reliability Machinery Component Failure Analysis Welding Technology Reliability Engineering Training