Investigations: Products, Manufacturing Processes, Logistics, Warehousing, Trucking/Transportation
- Investigations of improper material handling situations, resulting in two significant awards to clients; a current case is currently in front of Michigan Supreme Court.
- Forensic engineering analysis of metal forming presses, machine guarding provisions, and related safety requirements.
- Complex commercial litigation involving automotive NHTSA national recall causation analysis.
- Automobile and truck accident causation analysis.
- Vehicle doors and sunroofs malfunction investigation and testing.
- Accident causation by vehicle suspension failure.
- Analysis of Programmable Logic Controller (PLCA) malfunction causing injury by machinery.
- Investigation of robotic assembly line conveyor system with faulty guarding.
- Forensic engineering analysis related to sheet steel shearing machinery and slitting equipment design.
- Investigation of automotive fuel system malfunction resulting in automotive NHTSA national recall and class action lawsuits.
- Adequacy of warnings and guarding provisions for industrial equipment, including mechanical power presses, assembly tables, painting and coating systems and production processing equipment.
- Industrial robot applications, plant layout, manufacturing, product quality, digital simulation of robotic welding and material handling systems.
- Cases involving amputations of fingers due to inadequate guarding provisions and design errors.
- Analysis of residential damage due to flooding caused by electrical equipment malfunction.
- Accident causation due to misuse of Caterpillar© front end loader.
- Malfunction of industrial electrical systems and lockout-tagout protection schemes.
- Plastic and rubber injection and compression molding equipment: design analysis and investigation of safety and guarding issues.
- Design analysis of overhead cranes.
- Failure analysis of industrial pumps.
- Design analysis of residential windows and doors.
- Residential and commercial building fire systems analysis.
- Investigations of loading dock and fork truck accident causations.
