Industrial Hygiene Expert Witnesses in Illinois

Industrial Hygiene, Safety - Warnings & Labels, IAQ, Products Liability, Covid, Indoor Air Quality, Toxicology, Asbestos, Environmental, Mold, Legionella, Pesticides, Dermal Assessment, Exposure, Occupational Hygiene, COPD, Forensic Science, Environmental Engineering, Job Hazard Assessment, OSHA, Safety

Summary of Experience Board-Certified HSE Expert | Industrial Hygiene & Forensic Exposure Analysis I am a highly credentialed Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) expert with over 35 years of experience and a unique background spanning military leadership, corporate consulting, and forensic investigation. As a CIH, CSP, and CHMM. I provide specialized technical analysis and expert testimony regarding complex injuries and illnesses stemming from chemical, biological, and physical hazards. My forensic expertise focuses on the reconstruction of current and historical exposures to high-stakes substances, including asbestos, benzene, welding fumes, lead, mold, and pesticides. I have a proven track record of managing multidisciplinary teams of doctors, engineers, and scientists to investigate workplace incidents and product liability claims. A retired USAF Chief Master Sergeant (CMS) and former Superintendent Industrial Hygienist, I bring a level of discipline, leadership, and tech...

Industrial Hygiene, Indoor Air Quality - Exposure, Legionnaires, Legionella, Occupational Disease, Environmental IPAC, COVID, Epidemiology, Mold, Asbestos, Carbon Monoxide, Chemical Product Liability, Respirators, Roundup, Pesticides, Construction Nosocomial, Hazard Assessment, Aerosol Transmission, Respiratory Infection, Retrospective Exposure / Dose Estimation

75+ Engagements since 2017 / Adjunct Professor Emeritus - Occupational & Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Toronto / Member, American College of Epidemiology / Member, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology / Member, TLV Chemical Substances Committee - American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists / Certified Industrial Hygienist (American Board of Industrial Hygiene) / Registered Occupational Hygienist (Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists) / Licensed Pesticide Applicator / Licensed Asbestos Project Supervisor / Managing Principal, Chief Executive and Majority Shareholder - Largest Canadian HSE Services Firm (>150 staff) www.crosssafety.ca / Offices: Canada - Ottawa, Toronto, Markham, Windsor. USA - Lexington, Clearwater / Canadian Citizen / E-2 USA Treaty Investor Visa (USA Work Authorization) / Secret Level II Security Clearance - Government of Canada / Engaged by US DoJ / Assignments throughou...

Industrial Hygiene, Mold - Certified Industrial Hygienist, Industrial Hygiene, Exposure Assessment, Exposure, Occupational Exposure, Exposure Reconstruction, Historical Exposure, FELA, Railroad, COVID-19, Bioaerosols, Indoor Air Quality, Diesel Exhaust, Chemical, Sick Building

Dr. Perez has served as an expert witness in over 100 cases and has extensive experience in writing expert reports as well as in providing oral deposition and trial testimony. He served as faculty at the Drexel University School of Public Health for 10 years. In this role he taught industrial hygiene and exposure assessment methods to public health graduate students. He also lectured on airborne contaminant exposure and environmental health to graduate engineering and medical students. He has conducted research in the fields of industrial hygiene and environmental health, published his results in the peer reviewed literature and presented his findings at various national and international environmental and occupational health conferences. He has been involved in international industrial hygiene work, lecturing and consulting in India and serving as an advisor to the government of Sri Lanka on issues of occupational health and worker exposure control. Based on his qualification...

Lemont, Illinois

Industrial Hygiene, Safety - Certified Industrial Hygienist, chemical exposures, workplace injuries, workplace fatalities, safety management practices, safety warnings, safety & risk communication, OSHA compliance, laboratory safety, infection prevention, construction safety, machine safety, safety training, safety manuals, safety procedures, CIH

Dr. Hogan has consulted with 50+ defense and plaintiff firms on over 125 litigation matters, prepared over 40 expert reports, and testified in over 35 cases regarding worker chemical exposures, workplace injuries and fatalities, biohazards and safety: training, warnings, management practices, policies, and procedures. He is the former corporate head of Safety and Industrial Hygiene for the electric utility ComEd (18,000 employees). He has consulted (since 1990) with over 400 clients. Business sectors include: manufacturing, construction, utilities, food production, metals production and processing, hospitals, waste management, recycling, landfills, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics, universities, and local governmental agencies. Dr. Hogan is a tenured Associate Professor at Northern Illinois University. His consulting work is separate from his Northern Illinois University employment.