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Homer R. Peterson II, P.E., CSP, CFLC provides consulting services to attorneys, insurance carriers, construction companies, and companies engaged in general industry. Services are offered as a subject matter expert, expert witness, and safety consultant. He has over 40 years of construction and safety experience (17 years union, 23 years non-union), including airports, bridges, casinos, convention centers, convocation centers, distribution centers, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing facilities, office buildings, paper mills, pharmaceutical plants, power plants, prisons, refineries, schools, shopping malls, sports arenas, steel mills, stores, and warehouses. See www.homerpeterson.com for photographs of representative projects. His experience includes 40 years in construction in various positions such as president, senior vice president, vice president, project manager, and timekeeper. His responsibilities have included estimating, sales, project management, scheduling, troubleshooting, and administration, plus 20 years in charge of safety and risk management. Work overseen has included over 350 projects in 21 states and territories of the United States. Work has included new construction, maintenance, renovation work, and demolition for owners, construction managers, general contractors, and fabricators. Mr. Peterson has served as a Subject Matter Expert for the following issues: 1. Construction disputes 2. Contractor termination for cause related to safety performance 3. Cranes & rigging 4. Dropped objects and overhead protection 5. Fall Protection 6. Falls from height 7. Forklift safety (rough terrain forklifts) 8. General industry 9. Holes and hole covers 10. Ladder safety 11. Material handling 12. Means and methods of construction 13. Negligence 14. Occupational health & safety management systems 15. OSHA matters 16. Personal injury 17. Precast concrete panel erection 18. Safety 19. Safety training 20. Scissor lift safety 21. Skylights and skylight protection methods 22. Standards of care 23. Steel erection 24. Termination for "cause" versus "for convenience" 25. Tilt-up wall panel erection 26. Wrongful death