Occupational Health and Safety Expert Witnesses in Pennsylvania

This extremely qualified healthcare administrator has received his medical training at among the top ten medical institutions in the country, and has been appointed to numerous high ranking positions in healthcare administration including Medical Director of one of the largest hospitals in the country.

This expert has worked in labor analysis for over 35 years and has published extensively on the labor market. Previously, he worked at the U.S. Department of Labor where he received numerous Outstanding Performance/Secretary's Exceptional Achievement Awards. He has a PhD in the Economics of Human Resources and is currently Senior Consultant for an employment analysis firm. He has consulted and testified in cases for both defense and plaintiff clients, involving compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, prevailing wage laws, occupational analysis to determine proper classifications and exemption status, and determination of compensation levels.

This expert has over 15 years of experience in occupational health and safety. His expertise includes construction safety, accident investigation, OSHA and ANSI standards, fall protection, ladders, scaffolds, aerial and scissor lifts and excavation. For the past seventeen years, he has taught for the Region II OSHA Education Centers & currently serves as course chairperson for eleven different courses. During his career, he has worked as an auditor, project manager and trainer, addressing health and safety issues, developing written safety and health programs and site-specific procedures, as well as the developing & delivering industry-specific training.

This extremely qualified expert has years of experience in human factors, machine design and systems methodologies as they apply to the prevention of injury involving industrial and agricultural equipment. He received his MEA degree from George Washington University and his PhD degree in industrial engineering from West Virginia University. He is a member of multiple professional associations, including the American Society of Safety Engineers and the System Safety Society. He has published 25+ peer-reviewed journal articles. He lectures both nationally and internationally and has received several honors for his impressive work, including the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's "Performance Award," which he received on 13 years. He is a former safety engineer specializing in occupational safety and health administration at the Office of Mechanical Engineering Standards Development and a former research safety engineer at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Currently, he is an associate professor of industrial and management systems engineering at a major university and the director of a major engineering research and development company.