3 Rope Lines Expert Witnesses Found

Boise, Idaho

Human Factors, Products Liability - Mechanical, Industrial, Safety Engineering, Forensic Engineering, Human Factors, Product Liability, Warnings, Labels, Defects, Visibility, Reconstruction, Failure Analysis, OSHA, Construction, Equipment Failures, Industrial Accidents, Power Utility Accidents, Insurance Claims, Photogrammetry

...Specific Forensic Cases and Investigations include: Go cart nip point fatality, washing machine amputation, amputations in punch presses, hydro-pneumatic tank explosion, agricultural truck amputation, airport conveyors, biscuit cutter, amusement rides, water-jet fatality, slips & trips, lead rope snap, exercise machine failures and injuries, document burn injuries, folding chair collapse, concrete anchor system, nail gun injury, prosthesis bolt failure, steam iron electrocution, pool light burn, design of warnings and instructions, ATV rollover, automotive failures and crash related phenomena, measurement of ECDs (TASER®) Farm equipment, failed engines, mining conveyors, power plant systems, belt conveyors, potato processing system, sewer line, tire shredder processing analysis, failed brake die, failed conveyor bearing, RV axle repair failure, trailer suspension system failure, trailer separation, dump truck telescoping cylinder failure, brake system, headlight filament analysis, service...

Boise, Idaho

Snow Sports Safety, Risk Management - Ski Accident Reconstruction, Collisions, Class management, Ski School, Race Teams, Ski lessons, Trail signs & markings, Safety, Warning signs, Padding, Rope lines & flagging, ASTM F27, ANSI B77.1, Sledding, Snow tubing, Chairlift, Ski patrol, Ski area operations, Terrain park, Trail design

Snowsports thought leader and expert in skiing, sledding, and tubing. Ski instructor certified by the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) for 42-years. Discipline chairperson, Education Team Member, trainer, and examiner for multiple PSIA divisions. 53-seasons of on-hill snowsports experience, including safety, risk management, administration, and operations. Clear understanding of snowsports mechanics through engineering education and over 40-years of professional practice. Licensed Professional Engineer (Civil Engineering) with an active residential structural engineering and land development practice.

Rochester Hills, Michigan

Athletics & Recreation, Risk Management - zipline, zip lines, zipline accident, zipline braking, zipline brake system, zipline construction, zipline death, zipline safety, residential/backyard zipline, zipline standards, aerial adventure course, aerial adventure course standards, ropes course, challenge course, climbing, ACCT, ASTM, NAARSO

...He has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies as a business consultant, authored and published climbing guides, worked as a Field Instructor for the Outward Bound School, and is regularly retained as a zip line and adventure park expert witness. Smith maintains a niche consultancy, AdventureSmith, Inc., focused on risk management, marketing, business consulting, and staff development systems for the aerial adventure course market. AdventureSmith, Inc. has supported many challenge courses, zip lines, and aerial adventure parks in the U.S.A. and Canada....