The Heavy Equipment Expert - Forklifts, etc.

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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--Heavy Equipment Experience-- I have extensive experience with heavy equipment. I have designed aerial bucket trucks from the ground up. I have operated forklifts, skid steer loaders, scissor lifts, boom lifts, and bulldozers. I have tested heavy equipment, including failure testing fiberglass booms, pressure testing hydraulics on a large casing rotator, pressure testing hydraulic systems on aerial bucket trucks, and strength testing and fatigue testing trailer safety chains. I have analyzed various types of heavy equipment utilizing finite element analysis software. --Credentials-- I am a registered Professional Engineer, a Certified Safety Professional, and a Certified Fluid Power Hydraulic Specialist. I am also an IVES Training Group Certified Forklift Operator. I am also certified through IVES Training Group to train operators of forklifts, scissor lifts, boom lifts, and mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). I have training in crane safety and am a Certified Rigger - Level 1. I have experience working with HAZMAT tanker trailers as a Design Certifying Engineer. I have designed some aspects of HAZMAT tanker trailers, and verified that repair work on them was in compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. I have a CDL Class C driver's license with HAZMAT endorsement. --Testifying Experience-- I have testified in over 70 cases. I have testified in many injury cases involving forklifts. I have also worked on and testified in injury cases involving rough terrain forklifts, skid steer loaders, dump trucks, dump trailers, garbage trucks, excavators, bulldozers, mobile cranes, tower cranes, street sweepers, drilling equipment, liftgates, backup alarms, button setting machines, saws, CNC machines, presses, rollers, light curtains, proper operating procedures, operator presence, operator visibility, warnings, OSHA regulations, ANSI standards, and ISO standards. --Engineering and Design Experience-- I have extensive experience with aerial bucket trucks. I have worked a small team designing them from the ground up, verifying compliance with ANSI standards, analyzing them, and testing them. I have been involved in the design and development of numerous products, including dump trailers, utility trailers, garbage trucks, lifting equipment, forklift attachments, drill pipe inspection and conveying equipment, a biological sample recovery, amplification and testing device, HAZMAT tanker trailers, an aquatic bicycle, liftgates, molds for fiberglass booms, mining equipment simulators, scaffolds, a biogas harvesting system, pickleball training equipment, a pool filter cleaning device, and warning labels for aerial bucket trucks.