Expert Witnesses for OSHA

Found 7 experts for OSHA

John Thomazin P.E., DFE
Orlando, FL
Mr. Thomazin is a licensed professional engineer in five states with over 30 years of experience in the fields of engineering, structural design, computer-aided engineering, consulting, and as an adjunct professor. He specializes in vehicle accident reconstruction, farm accidents, structural engineering assessments, structural design, product failure analysis, and finite element modeling. As an engineering consultant, he has experience designing and evaluating agricultural buildings, commercial buildings, metal buildings and structures, foundations, agricultural and commercial machinery, HVAC, and plumbing systems.
Mr. Jonathan Rivera
Orlando, FL
Credentialed safety & security professional within the hospitality industry with over two decades of managerial experience in hotels, resorts, restaurants, conference centers, golf, spas and other industry operations. Extensive experience in other industries as head of loss control for a commercial insurance broker servicing clients. Currently employed as the corporate Director of Safety and Risk Management for a company that owns and operates hotels and resorts with thousands of employees and millions of guests each year. Education at college level includes Hospitality Management and a Bachelors Degree in Safety & Health. Designations, credentials, and memberships include those from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, American Assoc. of Safety Professionals, National Restaurant Assoc., Pool & Hot Tub Professionals Assoc., ASIS International, and others. Board Member of crime stopping organization and Intelligence Liaison Officer with a counter-terrorism governmental agency.
Dr. Larry Parker Jr.
Tampa, FL
Larry D. Parker Jr., PhD has 30 years in the logistics industry, 11 years of experience owning and operating a commercial trucking business, and 7 years teaching and leading a university degree program, the #1 supply chain management program in the United States. Commercial Vehicle Owner and Driver Perspective; Dr. Larry D. Parker Jr./P42 Consulting LLC provides expert witness solutions for the trucking/freight industry. Our team can be sourced to collaborate and provide expertise in various cases nationwide. Expert consult and review of commercial trucking policy, commercial transportation best practices, bus, and specific Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FMCSA regulations. We will review all circumstances in the operation of the commercial motor vehicle, incident circumstances, and or the driver's actions. Before his dedication to academia, he spent 24 years as a Marine Corps Officer and recently retired as Lieutenant Colonel.
Mr. Steven Paul ASE, CVA, NRVIA, DOT
St. Louis, MO
Steven S. Paul is a highly qualified vehicle inspection and appraisal expert with over 25 years of experience in automotive service, heavy equipment maintenance, and forensic vehicle analysis. Specializing in Lemon Law, misrepresentation, cause of failure, and improper repairs, he has provided expert opinions in over 500 cases and is court-qualified in multiple state and federal jurisdictions. As Principal of TDT Vehicle Inspection Services, he performs comprehensive evaluations on exotic, luxury, collector, and commercial vehicles. Steven holds ASE Master Certification in Automotive & Heavy-Duty Trucks, NRVIA Level II RV Inspector, ASCAA Certified Vehicle Appraiser, NAAA Frame/Unibody Structural Inspector, I-CAR PL3 Structural Technician, and USPAP certification. He actively contributes to automotive education, professional associations, and technical program development.
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Dr. James Miller PE, PhD
Ann Arbor, MI
There are four PhD and registered Professional Engineers at Miller Engineering who are celebrating 40 years of Professorships at three universities along with providing services to Government, Insurance, and Industry—through research, publications, presentations, and expert testimony. These co-founders and associates are James M. Miller, PE, PhD; Mark R. Lehto, PhD; James M.L. Miller, MS, PhD, EIT; Adam M. Olshove, PE, MSE; and Jeffrey D. Rupp, MSE. Miller Engineering has a dedicated office with a full-time staff of engineers, researchers, and technical writers. The span of our collective academic and experiential expertise includes the Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Agricultural, Industrial, Human Factors, Ergonomic and Safety fields of engineering. Miller Engineering’s principal engineers wrote the original books on warnings and instructions, have published in several other areas, have participated in product designs and patents, and have analyzed, reconstructed and/or animated numerous types of accidents. We are known for our staff’s thorough, detailed documentation and portrayal of accident sequences and the surrounding environmental circumstances. Miller Engineering also designs and operates hydroelectric and solar energy sources within its agricultural, forestry, marine, and cattle subsidiary operations in Idaho and Oregon, lending to unique hand-on expertise in these areas. Dr. James Miller, PE—Founder of Miller Engineering and Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan – Engineering. He has directly served in Washington originating several Federal OSHA safety regulations, and interacts regularly with Consumer Products Safety Commission regarding safety and product recalls. He serves as a reviewer of ASTM consumer products safety standards, provides upper management guidance on product design, recall and liability issues, and serves as an expert witness when required by consultative involvements. In addition, Dr. Miller works often on projects relating to compliance with occupational safety and consumer safety standards (OSHA, MSDS, CPSC, ANSI, ASTM, UL, ASABE, etc.) along with accidents associated with agriculture, consumer products, machine guarding, fire/explosions, and slip and fall circumstances. Recently, Dr. Miller has been handling cases involving battery fires, particularly with respect to e-cigarettes and vaporizers. Dr. Miller holds a bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Ohio State University. At the University of Michigan, he taught courses in human factors/ergonomics, safety engineering, methods engineering and law for engineers. On leave from the University at the U.S. Department of Labor, he was appointed as Special Assistant for Safety to OSHA’s Assistant Secretary of Labor, where he had responsibility, among other things, for revising the OSHA Safety Standards (29 CFR 1910 and 1926). Dr. Miller has authored a chapter titled "Hazard Communication and Right-to-Know: Regulatory Issues" in the Safety Engineering Handbook for ASSE. He has also authored five books on the topics of “warnings and safety instructions” and dozens of journal articles. He is currently a committee member of the ASTM Technical Committee F15 on Consumer Products. Finally, Dr. Miller is a registered professional engineer and consultant with over 35 years of experience including expert witness work. He specializes in warnings, labeling, and instruction manuals, consumer product design, process safety, explosions, fire science, chemical hazards (diacetyl, asbestos, benzene, etc.), machine guarding, vehicle visibility, systems for egress/ingress, slip and fall prevention, recreational vehicles (ATVs, boats, and personal watercraft), and all agricultural operations. Affiliations: American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), and American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
David Harlowe
Greensboro, NC
David Harlowe is the Founder and President of The Sport Management Group, Inc. (SMG), a national risk management company specializing in the athletic and fitness industries. With 30 years of experience, he has personally conducted over 3,500 safety audits, contributing to SMG’s completion of more than 13,000 risk assessments nationwide. An established expert witness, David has been retained in over 60 cases across the country. He has developed risk management strategies for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and its member institutions and has authored key industry resources, including the Fitness Center Safety chapter in Risk Management in Sport, Second Edition and a bi-monthly risk management column for Fitness Management Magazine. His areas of expertise include athletic facility safety, emergency action planning, bleacher safety, exercise equipment maintenance, NCAA and ACSM guidelines, personal training practices, and crowd management.
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Dr Andrew Moreo
Miami, FL
My name is Dr. Andrew Moreo. I spent the better part of 30 years working in various aspects of the hospitality and food industries including restaurants, cafes, a bed and breakfast, and a retreat center. During this time my duties included working in and overseeing kitchens, working in the dining room in the service aspects, managing banquet operations, overseeing beverage programs, purchasing, receiving, inventory, etc. I have worked in nearly every aspect of the commercial food and beverage industry. I’ve also spent more than 17 years teaching hospitality management, food safety, and leadership to college students for some of the largest and most prominent hospitality schools in the country, including the University of Delaware’s hospitality school, the Culinary Institute of America, the UNLV Harrah Hotel College, and FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management. My teaching work has included courses in restaurant management, restaurant operations, purchasing, food safety, leadership, strategic management, and project management.