OSHA/Workplace & Const. Safety Liability Expert

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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With over 35 years of experience in the safety and health field, Stanford Brown is the founder and president of Raising the Standard Consulting, a vibrant safety & health consulting firm with certified, seasoned professionals servicing clients in both the USA and Canada. He has been involved with projects (both union and non-union) within a wide range of industries including construction, mining, healthcare, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, solar, and pharmaceutical with activities including: • Developing and delivering government approved certification training for safety representatives, • Providing accident investigation and regulatory citation assistance, • Providing on-site safety management (SSHO) on Federal, State, Provincial and private construction projects, • Developing and implementing training programs, safety programs, assessments, and gap analysis, • Anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazardous conditions and practices, • Developing, implementing, and administering hazard control designs, methods, procedures, and programs. Expert Witness Experience & Areas of Expertise Stanford Brown has been an expert witness for both the plaintiff and defendant in cases involving (but not limited to) roadwork paving construction and electrocution, refinery construction and scaffolding struck-by hazard, hand tool use and amputation, landscaping and fall hazards, and tilt- up construction and struck-by hazards. His areas of expertise include: • OSHA & EM385-1-1 Military, Army and Navy Standards • Safety Management Systems • Safety Compliance Audits • Site Safety & Health Officer • Competent Person • First Aid/CPR/AED • Accident Investigation • Fall Protection • Forklift/Aerial Lift/Boom Lift/Scissor Lift • Machine Guarding • Slip Trip & Fall • Worker’s Compensation / Insurance Premium Cost Reduction • Hazard Risk Assessment and Controls • Struck By, Caught Between & Amputation • Scaffolding & Ladders • Roofing Safety • Excavation & Trenching • Traffic Control • Cranes / Rigging • Confined Space • Electrical Safety • Demolition • Machine Guarding • Shoring • Industrial Hygiene • Air Monitoring • Noise Monitoring • Water Sampling • Lead, Asbestos, and Isocyanates Abatement • Equipment Safety • Power Tools Deposition & Testimony Experience Qualified and testified as an expert witness in Occupational Safety and Health for the Imperial County Superior Court for the State of California, and in Occupational Safety, OSHA Compliance, Forklift Operation and Safety, and the Investigation and Prevention of Workplace Accidents involving industrial trucks and elevated work platforms for the Circuit Court in the First Circuit for the State of Hawaii.