Ergonomics Expert Witnesses in Idaho

Human Factors, Products Liability - Warnings, Labels, Reconstruction, Visibility, Failure Analysis, Forensic Engineering, Defects, Photogrammetry, Metallurgy, Human Factors, Ergonomics, Construction, OSHA, Safety Engineering, Product Liability, Equipment Failures, Industrial Accidents, Power Utility Accidents, Insurance Claims

Specific Cases: Go cart nip point fatality, washing machine amputation, amputations in punch presses, hydro-pneumatic tank explosion, agricultural truck amputation, airport conveyors, biscuit cutter, amusement rides, water-jet fatality, slips & trips, lead rope snap, exercise machine failures and injuries, document burn injuries, folding chair collapse, concrete anchor system, nail gun injury, prosthesis bolt failure, steam iron electrocution, pool light burn, design of warnings and instructions, ATV rollover, automotive failures and crash related phenomena, measurement of ECDs (TASER®) Farm equipment, failed engines, mining conveyors, power plant systems, belt conveyors, potato processing system, sewer line, tire shredder processing analysis, failed brake die, failed conveyor bearing, RV axle repair failure, trailer suspension system failure, trailer separation, dump truck telescoping cylinder failure, brake system, headlight filament analysis, service station gasoline tank leak, b...

Safety, Ergonomics - Human Factors, Risk Assessment, Product Safety, Slips/Falls, Complex environments, Workplace Design, Procedures, Maintenance, inspection

CORE vs PSCo - May 2022 till November 2023 - Breached Contract and Negligence. I provided human factors/industrial safety support to plaintiff’s counsel. The jury said when interviewed that the human factors testimony I provided helped to persuade their decision. A synopsis of the lawsuit is below: On Oct. 25, a Denver district court jury found in favor of CORE in its lawsuit against Public Service Company of Colorado, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc. (Xcel), regarding the mismanagement of the Comanche Unit 3 coal-fired power plant. CORE was awarded $26.45 million for lengthy outages on 2020 and 2022 caused by Xcel’s imprudent operations and negligence. 2022-Employee injury case. Two employees of a fish procession plant were repairing a conveyor system that was not properly locked out. The two employees entered a confined space called a fish dump with the knowledge of the supervisor. The employees contacted the actuator, and their legs were severely injured. I do not know t...