Elbert Sorrell

MENOMONIE, Wisconsin

Health and Safety Expert - Retired Professor

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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Safety and OSHA

Keywords/Search Terms:

ISO Safety Auditing, Safety Program Development, Construction Risk Management, IISO Environmental Auditing , Risk assessment/Risk Control , Safety Training Development/Evaluation , Risk Management , Incident Investigation , Safety Process Improvement, Construction Safety , Safety Regulatory Compliance, Safety Related Res

Education:

Doctor of Education , University of Minnesota; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Bachelor of Science , University of Wisconsin-Stout

Years in Practice:

40

Additional Information

Elbert Sorrell is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) with extensive experience in occupational safety and health/risk control. Dr. Sorrell was granted Professor Emeritus status in the M.S in Risk Control/Safety Management Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout after 28 years of service when he retired in January 2016. He is well versed in the multi-disciplinary areas of occupational safety and health (management system development and evaluation, program/policy development and implementation, program monitoring and management, regulatory compliance, risk/hazard assessment and safety training and evaluation) with a particular interest in facilitating the integration of safety, and health and environment processes into existing management systems. Upon retiring from academia Dr. Sorrell committed himself to providing 3rd party certification audits as well as providing safety consultation and training to business and industry focusing on ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and RC 14001 and RCMS (Responsible Care Management Systems). He is also a member of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for the International Standards Organization (ISO) Project Committee (PC) 283 for the development of ISO 45001 standard(s) for requirements for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. Dr. Sorrell received his Doctorate degree in Vocational/Technical Education from the University of Minnesota, Master of Science, Occupational Safety and Health and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (Engineering Technology) from the University of Wisconsin Stout.