Practice Areas
Practice Areas
Operator Capabilities / Limitations / Behaviors
- Automobile operator normal behaviors and ranges of behaviors
- Commercial vehicle operator normal behaviors and ranges of behaviors
- Effects of fatigue. sleepiness, drugs/alcohol, and other factors on vehicle operation
- Obstacle detection and reaction/response time
Instructions & Warnings
- Hazard evaluation and risk assessment
- Risk reduction
- Effects of readability, understandability, presentation, and experience on effectiveness
- Whether warnings are needed/appropriate
- Presentation and content of instructions, warnings, and manuals
- Effectiveness of warnings/instructions in reducing accidents
Ergonomic Design
- Design of equipment to accommodate the range of potential users, rather than the average user
- Anthropometry
- User behavior and product safety
- Product misuse vs foreseeable error
- Mistakes vs errors vs violations
Vision & Visibility
- Visibility vs conspicuity vs detection likelihood
- Hazard detection and avoidance
Slips, Trips & Falls
- Applicable standards and practices
- Slip resistance and its effect on fall likelihood
- Effect of age, medications, and infirmities on normal gait mechanics and falls
- Detection of hazards
Industrial Safety
- OSHA Compliance
- Workplace norms and behaviors
Construction & General Safety
- OSHA Compliance
- Workplace norms and behaviors
We Provide A Clear & Concise Analysis
We present our analyses in a clear, readily understandable form to clients, attorneys, and juries. Our goal is to have decisions regarding the projects and cases we are involved in made based on a thorough understanding of the scientific and technical issues involved, not on appeals to emotion or theory.