1 Source Safety and Health, Inc. is a Safety and Health Management and Consulting firm for educational, insurance, commercial, residential, research, healthcare, and manufacturing facilities. 1Source’s team of professionals includes certified industrial hygienists, certified safety professionals, certified professional environmental auditors, and a certified professional ergonomist who can address every safety and health issue. One key measure of their success is that 1Source is the largest safety and health consulting firm with the most certified staff on the east coast. For more than 20 years, the professionals at 1Source have been committed to developing long-term, mutually beneficial professional relationships with our clients and business partners.

Indoor Air Quality Management and Consultation:

William S. Howard, PhD, MBA, PE is an Electrical / Mechanical Engineer who specializes exclusively in the field of Industrial Machinery and Equipment. He has many years of experience in the design and development of many different types of industrial machinery (in a wide variety of manufacturing industries). As a practicing design engineer (with current machinery design business), he has vast experience designing and developing machinery to meet patents and trade secrets (and to avoid the patents held by others). He is an expert in forward and reverse engineering of machinery.

William S. Howard is an experienced Expert Witness with many years of experience. He accepts cases in Intellectual Property (Patent and Trade Secrets) and complex Tort.

LIST OF SERVICES OFFERED

Legal Assistance - Expert Witness legal assistance is available to Individuals and Manufacturers involved in litigation arising from industrial machinery and equipment. This includes Intellectual Property (Patents and Trade Secrets) and complex Tort.

Machinery Safety Audits - Given the recent changes in applicable OSHA regulations and ANSI standards (as well as the advances in Safety technology), a Safety Audit of machinery and industrial equipment is highly recommended to help eliminate machinery hazards and prevent accidents and injuries.

Machinery Design Consulting - This service, geared towards Manufacturers, provides machinery design recommendations and directions for improving the efficiency, reliability, and/or through-put of machinery (both existing or proposed). By employing time-proven metrics and techniques, we can insure that any machinery receives a boost in productivity.

Expertise: "Handling Difficult and Complicated Matters" $140 per hour Accidents, Accident Reconstruction, Collisions, Biomechanics, Injuries, Safety Engineering, Seatbelts, Child Seats, Airbags, OSHA Compliance, Industrial Safety, ForkLift Truck, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs FMCSA, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Regs FMVSS, Material Handling, Cranes, Scaffolds, Ergonomics, Helmets, Products Safety, Motorcycle, Trucks, Bus, Vehicles, Pedestrians, Bicycles, Bikes, Rollovers, Slip Trip & Falls, Animations, Building Codes, Safety Regs, Construction Site Safety, Amusement Rides, Tools, Tires, Vehicle Fires, Construction Equipment, Transportation Regulations, Injuries, Low Speed Impacts, Work Zones, Machine & Equipment Guarding, Human Factors, Hazards, Premesis Liability, Building Codes, Handicap ADA Standards, Regulations, CDR Crash Data Recorder, Mechanical Parts, Brakes, Traffic Signs & Control Devices, Industrial Products, Warning Signs, Ergonomics. 30 years exp. experts, BSOSH, MSOSH, PhD Safety Engineering & Injury Biomechanics, PSP, CECD

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Alpine Engineering & Design, Inc. is a company that specializes in rapid product development. Their engineers have had over 20 years developing the skills of new product design. Their innovative approach to product design can be seen in over 100 patents held by their engineers. When we create a product, we must sell it to our customer. We use resources such as our model shop, computer graphics and animations, full size prototypes and written descriptions to communicate our ideas to our customers. We effectively teach them about the product and its merits.

We apply the same skills we use in developing new products to our work as expert witnesses. We give honest, understandable opinions with the underpinning required to help attorneys, judges and jurors make good decisions.

Alpine Engineering's Design Experience reaches a number of industries including Refuse Equipment, Hydraulically Operated Equipment, Trucks and Related Equipment, Aerial Lifts, Manlifts, Industrial Equipment, Mobile Equipment, Material Handling, Forklifts, Pallet Trucks, Boom Trucks, Suspension Systems, Garbage Trucks, Front Loaders, Side Loaders, Automated Loaders, Rear Loaders, Rolloffs, Liftgates, Exercise and Sports Equipment, Trucking Equipment, Turf Care Equipment, Farming Equipment.

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Firm Profile: American Crane Training, Inspection & Certification, Inc. (AmCrane) is a multi-disciplinary professional firm that provides crane and heavy equipment training, inspections and certification across the US. AmCrane offers accident reconstruction and expert witness testimony NATIONALLY in Crane, Aerial Lift, Equipment Safety and Management Fields.

Professional Experience: Mr. Burt Thorpe is a qualified Expert Witness in cranes, aerial lifts and heavy equipment with over 35 years experience in crane safety, equipment ownership and operation. His experience includes 4 1/2 years with the largest road and bridge contractor in the Southeast, with company wide responsibility in all cranes, rigging, critical lifts and operators. Mr. Thorpe spent 10 years as the Secretary/Treasurer, General Manager of a multi-office, multi-state equipment dealer and owner of cranes and aerial lifts. Duties included their purchase, new and used sale, rental, inspection, maintenance, repair, assembly, disassembly, transport and management.

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Bruce Gorsak is a Vehicle / Industrial Engineer with a minor Degree in Engine Design, a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, and 27 years of New Product/Process Development, Plant & Facilities, Maintenance, Industrial Engineering and Safety.

As a Crash Reconstructionist, he can download a “Black Box”, identify the sequence of events of a vehicle crash, identify design defects in Heavy Equipment, production equipment, or if factory employees didn’t do their job properly during the manufacture process.

His Skills and Engineering Experience in New Product Introductions have realized involvement with product development, design review, product launch into production, and established new manufacturing processes for various types of products. In addition, he has been instrumental in the design of a variety of manufacturing facilities in the US, Mexico, and Taiwan.

Environmental Safety Management Corporation, a leading Indoor Environment Specialists, was founded in 1992 by Dr. Richard Lynch, PhD, CIH, CMC, CMRS. Clients include law firms, insurance companies, manufacturing, health care, commercial, office & schools, & residential facilities.

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Gary E. Kilpatrick and Associates, PA is a Forensics Engineering Firm dedicated to the application of the art, science and methodology of engineering and the scientific method to answer questions of fact in the jurisprudence system pertaining to personal injury and wrongful death. We provide technical competency, forensic evidence collection from the field and from documents, oral and written communications, objective, ethical and professional responsibility.

We are familiar with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence and Daubert and have given sworn expert testimony under oath during judicial proceedings. We are retained by law firms, public defenders and insurance companies on plaintiff, defense, criminal and claimant cases and work nation wide.

Areas of Expertise:

• Traffic Accident Reconstruction
• Vehicle Crash Data Report Retrieval and Interpretation
• Off-Road ATV Accident Reconstruction
• Motorcycle Accident Reconstruction
• Vehicle Inspections
• Industrial Accident Reconstruction
• OSHA Safety 29CFR1910
• OSHA 29CFR1926
• OSHA 29CFR1928
• Product Liability Investigations

Technical assistance to counsel in litigation involving Chemical and Environmental Forensics, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Materials, Regulatory Compliance, Dioxins, Fires and Explosions at waste facilities and cement plants, and injury or chemical exposure claims due to hazardous materials or hazardous operations.

GCI provides the technical expertise and develops the evidentiary basis for legal arguments relying on or involving:

Edward "Tim" Hurley is a Safety Consultant and Trainer with many years of experience. He has conducted Accident Investigations, Inspections and Enforcement of Cal / OSHA regulations in the following areas:

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For more than 35 years, ITC has provided Forensic Engineering, consulting and expert testimony to thousands of law offices, insurance companies and government agencies. Our qualified team of engineers and scientists, covering hundreds of areas of expertise, are available to assist you in technical evaluations, scientific analysis, testimony and preparation of cases for trial. Additional experts are available when more than one specialty is required. We also provide constant case and project management to help expedite the need to your litigation in a timely manner.

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Jerome E. Spear has over 19 years of experience helping organizations prevent injuries and illnesses, control losses, and achieve regulatory compliance.

Mr. Spear has held the positions of Technical Services Manager with XL Specialty Risk Consulting (a division of XL Specialty Insurance Company) and Corporate Industrial Hygiene Manager for Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, a worldwide steel fabricator and construction company. He is also an adjunct instructor for Texas A&M TEEX and guest lecturer at Texas A&M University, School of Rural Public Health.

Mr. Spear holds a MBA degree and an industrial engineering degree. He is also a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH).

Dan Bastien has over 30 years of experience in Construction and Industrial Skilled Trades. He is an OSHA Outreach Certified Trainer and offers online OSHA 500 and 501 courses (30 and 10 hour) for construction with special rates for groups. His courses are designed to inform workers and supervisors of Industry Standards and to give them the background they need to understand the importance of following these standards.

Mr. Bastien specializes in the following industries: Nuclear and Fossil fuel Power Plants, Automotive, Light and Heavy Industrial Automation and Robotics, Material Handling Systems, Commercial Wind farms, Pulp and Paper as well as all levels of management in Construction.

Dan Bastien is also available as a Safety Consultant for industrial accidents or occupational exposure to toxic substances.

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Herbert Bogert, President of Professional Safety Consultant Service, Inc., is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) with over 50 years of experience. Mr. Bogert provides Safety Inspection Services, Accident Investigation Services and Litigation Support in Connection with Plaintiff and Defense cases, Depositions, Trials, Mediations and Arbitrations.

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Rapperport Associates, Inc., provides exceptional capability in Failure Analysis, Fire and Explosion Investigation, Accident Reconstruction, Structural Analysis, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials Science.

We have provided superior technical support for litigation since 1974, and possess an extraordinarily talented technical team with impeccable academic and industrial credentials and proven analysis capability. Our team of distinguished scientists and engineers is drawn principally from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and Stanford University.

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Robson Forensic is an integrated team of forensic engineers, architects, scientists and fire investigators. Our experts include civil, construction, mechanical, structural and electrical engineers, architects and certified fire investigators. We have specialized expertise in unique areas such as aquatics, dram shop, injury causation, medical devices, motorcycles, supervised care, and tire failures.

We are a national firm with 14 offices and more than 150 high quality experts who assist in the resolution of disputes and litigation. We have performed over 30,000 cases in our 20+ years and offer clients the reassurance of peer review and personal follow through not found with a referral service.

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Chip Darius is a Certified Emergency Medical Technician and OSHA Safety Consultant. He has been active in safety and emergency response for 30 years, and has been providing specialized OSHA compliance consulting and training for the last 20 years. Mr. Darius is a dynamic and interactive trainer, who is at ease from the board room to the work site. Mr. Darius has authored 3 books and multiple articles, and has designed more than 120 specialized courses in safety and trainer development.

In addition to safety qualifications, he holds a Master's degree in Organizational Communication and additional credentials in Human Development, Counseling, Psychology and Conflict Management. Mr. Darius is uniquely skilled in helping people and organizations manage workplace culture and achieve their objectives.

Expert Witness Services Include:

Case Reviews and Evaluations

Framing Medical and Regulatory Arguments

Assessment of Case Merits and defenses

Site Inspections

Incident Investigations

Written Reports and Documents

Creation of Safety and OSHA Compliance Programs

Develop Effective Safety Management Systems and Metrics

Improve Safety Behaviors and Cultures

National Safety Council First Aid

CPR and AED Instructor Training

Flagger Certification

Work Zone Safety Supervisor Certification

Equipment Operator Training

Michael C. Wright, PE, CSP, CPE is a Professional Engineer with over 30 years of academic, practical, and specialized knowledge of Engineering, Construction, Safety, Maintenance, Demolition and Training in general industry and construction activities. Mr. Wright's expertise is a definite plus in providing clients with leading edge information and insight. A licensed and practicing engineer, he rounds out his knowledge as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and Certified Plant Engineer to provide an insightful and accurate understanding of the issues involved in a case.

Mr. Wright has completed over 500 hours of specialized safety training, serves on ANSI and ASTM Standards committees and provides a thorough knowledge of OSHA Regulations, Directives and Letters of Interpretation. A recognized author, presenter, and trainer, Mr. Wright communicates the issues clearly for all to understand. His expert witness experience is a balanced blend of defense, plaintiff and OSHA Solicitor cases.

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