Expertise: • Safety • Accident investigation • Health & Safety at Work Act & Regulations • Personal injury • Fires • Explosions • Risk assessment • Safety management • Occupational accidents • Product safety • Dangerous goods • Falls • Mechanical or structural failure • Machinery Sectors: • Industrial • Construction • Mechanical • Electrical • Manufacturing • Factories • Oil • Gas • Offshore • Chemicals • Pipelines • Railways • Public transport • Ports & docks • Food • Retail • Leisure

I have a wide experience in mining, process industries, power generation, construction and mechanical and electrical engineering. I have been instructed on a broad range of matters, ranging from pressure vessels to electronic controls. Most engineers know how systems should work, and how to interpret standards. My speciality is in understanding, and explaining to laymen, why engineering systems do not work as expected, and in devising and implementing proportionate remedial measures. I have a good track record...

I provide independent and objective expert witness services in Environmental Health, Occupational Hygiene, Health and Safety, and Fire Safety Risk assessment. I have worked in these areas since 1978 and have provided expert witness services since 1996. I am trained as an expert witness and have provided over a thousand reports for the court. I accept instructions as a Single Joint Expert and from solicitors acting on single instructions for claimants and defendants. I have given evidence in court on numerous...

Accident investigation • Accident prevention • Accidental injuries • Adventure activities safety • Canal safety • Countryside safety • Consumer safety • Safety in education • Safety in physical education • Falls accident investigation • Water slides safety • Historic environment • Safety in industry • Leisure activities safety • Leisure accident investigation • Local authorities safety • National Parks public safety • Occupational safety • Sports injuries • Playground injuries

Mechanical engineering • Asset management • Pressure vessels • Pressure systems • Lifting equipment and lifting operations • Safety of amusement rides • Safety of fairground rides • Machinery guarding • Movable bridges • Steel industry • Water pumping stations • Bulk handling equipment • Marine engineering • Mechanical lifting equipment • Lock gates • Power hydraulics • Industrial engineering

Mechanical and electrical engineering systems (M & E) • LOLER Thorough Examinations • PSSR Thorough Examinations and written schemes • PUWER inspection • COSHH Thorough Examination and test • Agricultural equipment, including telescopic handlers and front loaders • Mobile elevating work platforms • Pressure systems, including major, intermediate and minor • Regulatory compliance engineering • Loss control engineering • Accident investigation • Equipment failure investigations • Material failure • Technical due diligence • Health and safety...

Health and safety auditing, management, documentation investigation and law • Health and safety in healthcare, hospitals, care support, education, mental health, special education, local authorities, residential homes, warehousing • Stress, violence and aggression, assaults, pedestrian/vehicle segregation, warehouse operations, swimming pools, schools, leisure centres, grounds maintenance, transport

Many years as an Engineer, a Captain and a RYA Instructor • Qualified experienced marine engineer with a degree in electrical engineering For the last 20 years the majority of my work has been with Hatteras Yachts as their International Service Director, and then Sunseeker Yachts travelling worldwide. I have trained military personnel, Border Force, National River Authority and police forces. • Many appearances giving expert evidence in Crown courts • Very familiar with producing detailed reports, photographs...

Fire & explosion investigation in domestic & commercial properties • Lightweight & commercial vehicles & machinery, including agricultural & construction plant • Identifying fires caused by deliberate acts, manufacturing defects, poor maintenance & repairs, construction work & electrical faults in distribution equipment, appliances & fixtures • Investigated several large complex fires involving large storage & distribution warehouses, retail units, factories & construction sites • Kitchen ducting extraction fires •...

Over 40 years' experience in highway design & construction with particular expertise in Department for Transport design standards, including driver visibility, stopping sight distances, horizontal & vertical curvature, crossfalls & superelevation • Experience in highway authority standards, traffic management at roadworks, traffic signs regulations, road safety audits, accident records & accident investigations

Interaction of Bath is a registered ergonomics consultancy, competent to accept instruction in all areas of ergonomics and human factors. We have many years' experience of reporting for the courts on: • musculoskeletal injury from manual handling • computer modelling of falls, brawls and knife attacks • risk assessment of industrial tasks • repetitive strain injury • visual conspicuity of road users. Our reports are always concise, clear and correct.

Health & safety management systems • Organisational culture • Training & education • Incident investigation • Workplace traffic management • Machinery safety & guarding • Manual handling • Noise • Thermal comfort & stress • Confined space entry • COSHH assessments • Airborne contaminant control • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE • Exposure to hazardous substances • Asbestos exposure • Occupational hygiene

Vehicle, plant & machinery fires • Escape of water (water leak) investigation • Mechanical failure investigation • Personal injury • Road traffic collisions

Asbestos • Chemical agents (including carcinogens, asthmagens & others) • Biological agents (including legionella) • Physical agents (including noise, vibration, etc.) • Ergonomics

Ergonomic assessments of: • Work-related upper limb disorders (WRULD) • Repetitive strain injuries (RSI) • Manual handling accidents • Back injury cases • Human factors • Human error • Safety critical tasks • Safety management systems • Noise • Asbestos • Whole body vibration • Hand-arm vibration • Vibration white finger • Accident investigation • COMAH • Safety design • Patient safety • Product design • COSHH • Slips, trips and falls • Musculoskeletal disorder • Display screen equipment • Assembly work • Cumulative trauma disorder We can also be contacted...

Lifts, escalators, platforms & lifting machinery • Criminal, civil, commercial, personal injury, design & regulatory compliance • Assessment • Accident & failure investigation • Construction & maintenance contracts • Landlord & tenant disputes • Advice on LOLER, PUWER, Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations & CDM • Competent person under LOLER • Authorised engineer (lifts) for numerous NHS Trusts • Member of BCO Technical Committee (Vertical Transportation) & Principal Designer under CDM • 37 years working in lift industry,...

All areas of civil & criminal cases relating to occupational health, safety & welfare, for example: • Accident investigation • Occupier liability • WRULD cases/RSI • Premises health & safety issues causing illness, injury, etc. • Risk assessment • Training, competence & development • Failure in management systems Completed CIM Diploma in Professional Marketing Level 6

Health risk assessment & control of hazards in the workplace • Occupational hygiene • Noise • Hand-arm vibration • COSHH • LEV • Personal protective equipment • Legionella risk assessment & control • Microbiological hazards Areas of expert witness work include: • Investigation of workplace accidents and environmental pollution incidents • Identification of causative factors in cases of occupational ill-health • Examination of work environments and equipment following failure and/or injury • Inspection of workplaces, processes...

Occupational safety & health representation • Accident/incident investigation • Risk assessment & analysis • Management systems • Safe work systems • Human factors • Engineering failures • Compliance • Due diligence • Expert witness • COVID 19 risk assessment, audit & compliance checking • Review of systematic failures and consequences investigation.

Compliance of machinery to legal requirements (e.g. Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations) and associated designated standards and the Machinery Directive (EU) • Functional safety of machinery • Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER), e.g. guarding of machinery • Safety of electrical and control systems for machinery

Forensic fire engineer with specific expertise in building defects, supported by an international company. The role of the fire engineer and development of fire strategy design • Iterative development of fire strategy throughout RIBA stages • Approvals processes (including fire services) • Engagement with other stakeholders and contractors Building regulations and design guidance • The Building Regulations, including Building (Scotland) Regulations, and the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland), both current...

Investigation of industrial accidents • Preparation of detailed court reports supported by photographs & plans • Manual handling • Upper limb disorders • Falls & falling objects • Slipping & tripping • Machinery • Noise & deafness • Component failures

Rotating equipment • Packaged equipment • Machinery damage assessments • Mechanical and piping systems • MEP, oil, gas, power, petrochemical and energy transition • Pipelines • Wind turbine generators • Gearboxes • Pumps • Compressors • Diesel generators • Gas turbines • Air coolers • Heat exchangers • Heaters • HVAC • Pressure vessels • Valves • Lifting equipment • Asset integrity • LNG • LPG • Offshore • Cost estimates • Accident investigation • Root cause analysis • Contract management • Tendering • Procurement

1. Cargo damage 2. Navigation and shipping accidents 3. Contract disputes in oil and gas 4. Shipbuilding and maintenance disputes 5. Ship management and charter party disputes 6. Bunkering and ship supply 7. Bill of lading disputes 8. Ship recycling disputes 9. Port operations 10. Port maritime services 11. Goods transportation on land 12. Cargo clearance and customs 13. Investment in maritime assets

Metallurgist, materials scientist, inspection and failure expert • 40 years+ experience • Experienced expert witness • Non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDT, NDE) • Failure analysis • Metallurgical analysis • Fracture mechanisms • Inspection performance & reliability • Probability of detection (POD) • Human reliability • Digitalisation • Corrosion • Cracking • Hydrogen embrittlement (HIC) • Welding defects • Steam turbine failures • Hospital pipework • Storage tanks & facilities • Pipelines • Composite materials (GRP, CFRP) • Offshore • Oil...

Safety policy, process and management systems • The application and interpretation of health and safety legislation and guidance in leisure parks, fairgrounds, adventure activities, soft play, outdoor play or any other leisure pursuit • Engineering management across critical national defence infrastructure in peace and conflict

Director with 20 years' experience as a Fire Consultant (UK, Ireland, South America, Middle East projects), based in Dublin but working in the UK and Ireland, with specific expertise in building defects (internal and external). Expertise includes, but not limited to: 1. The role of the fire engineer and development of fire strategy design • Iterative development of fire strategy throughout RIBA stages • Approvals processes (including fire services) • Engagement with other stakeholders and contractors 2. Building...

Civil engineering • Steel erection & cladding • Reinforced concrete structures • Steelfixing & shuttering • Pipelines & drainage works • Scaffolding & work at height • Use of ladders • Tunnelling & tunnelling equipment • Marine work & offshore construction • Augered & impact piling • Grouting • Construction site practice • Earthworks & earthmoving equipment • Excavators & cranes • Contractual disputes & cranes Building • Structural surveys • Building defects • Subsidence & underpinning • Reinstatement following fire, flood or storm • Rising damp...

Career structure assessment • Earning assessment • Employment practice • Job market analysis • Rehabilitation assessments • The provision of career profiles to be used in cases of personal injury by claimant and defendants • Analysis of earnings by different occupational areas and by geographical region, including the evaluation of career options and level of earnings in Europe, America, South America, Australia and South Africa • Individual careers counselling both for those who have suffered physical and psychological...

Fire precautions in buildings • Fire safety legislation & regulations • Design of fire protection installations • Fire detection & alarm installations • Means of escape from fire • Management of fire safety • Fire risk assessment • Domestic fire safety • Building Regulations, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, Fire (Scotland) Act

Probably the most sought-after expert in his field. Instructed in claimant, defendant and criminal cases for Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Government Legal Department, Prison Officers Association and other firms of solicitors • Experienced in single joint expert instructions and giving evidence at inquests • Expert in all aspects of self-defence, physical restraint, personal safety and martial arts, including control and restraint systems taught to police, prison, hospital (including secure), schools and...

Technical litigation & arbitration • Process & project engineering • Safety & loss prevention • Accident investigation & forensic engineering, including fire, explosions & toxic releases • Safety & risk management • Oil & gas processing • Offshore safety • Hazard & risk assessment • Experience of major public inquiries & litigations, including Flixborough, Kings Cross, Ocean Odyssey, Piper Alpha, Ladbroke Grove rail crash, Buncefield, ICL Stockline • Also experience of planning inquiries, including major hazard installations •...

A senior manager of structures & design within an engineering consultancy (established over 40 years) • Over 30 years' experience, with specialist knowledge of the following: • The roll-over of heavy goods vehicles • Structural analysis • Computational structural analysis • Design • Structural design

Fire scene examination to establish the origin (where) and cause (how) of a fire, plus interpretation of fire development and spread • Experience of domestic, commercial and industrial incidents, including fatalities • Post-incident assessment of fire safety provision • Experience of preparing reports and presenting evidence in court for prosecution and defence Gained the Cardiff University/Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate

Over 30 years' experience covering: • Safety Management Systems • Safety Engineering • Major Hazards • Quantitative Risk Analysis & Assessment • Process Safety • Explosions • Safety Critical Elements • Fire Safety Engineering • Fire Protection • Fire & Gas Detection • Safety Audits • Planning Applications & Safety Cases • Emergency Response Sectors: • Oil & Gas Onshore & Offshore • Petrochemicals • Pipelines • Subsea • Railways & Underground Transit Systems • Hotels & Occupied Buildings • Dock Operations & Container Handling • Wood Mills • Construction...

Occupational health & safety • Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) • Noise surveys • Ergonomics & manual handling • Slipping accident investigation • Ladders & scaffolding • Cranes & lifting equipment • Play areas & equipment • Machine tools • Workshops • Machine guarding • Bearings • Consumer product defects • Consumer product safety • CE marking & product compliance • Helmets • Personal protective equipment (PPE) • Laser safety • Non-ionising radiation • Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) & electromagnetic interference (EMI)

Mechanical engineering • Pressure vessels • Pressure systems • Safety of amusement rides • Safety of fairground rides • COMAH regulations • Gas explosions • Machinery guarding • Forensic engineering • Scaffolding • Construction • Chemical industry • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE

We accept instructions from prosecutors, appellants, defendants and claimants in criminal and civil work on most health and safety topics. Our expertise extends to manufacturing and service industries, construction, commercial, offices, education, entertainment, local government, health services, retail, fairgrounds, public works, airports, Crown services and utilities. Topics include: • Work at height • Systems of work • Safety documentation • Risk assessment • Guarding of machinery • Works transport • Lifting operations •...

Quality, Safety, Health, CDM, Environment, Sustainability, Security and Risk Consultant with a career in public and private organisations covering the construction, civil engineering, facility management, consultancy and insurance service sectors. Highly experienced in the following management standards: ESG, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, NSI Gold, SIA ACS, Construction Line, Safe Contractor, Safe T Cert, etc.

Accident investigation • Major hazards • Fire • Explosion • Toxic gas • Chemical spills • HSWA • COMAH • COSHH • DSEAR • Industrial injuries from chemical & process hazards • Risk from transport, storage, handling & treatment of chemicals, including hazardous waste • Environmental impact assessment • Accidents to the environment • Planning inquiries (risk & air pollution issues) • Air pollution, including odour nuisance & food tainting • Cargo quality disputes • Cargo contamination incidents Over 25 years' experience in research, postgraduate...

Criminal and civil investigator and expert witness for accidents, asbestos, construction, universities and much more. • 10 years as HSE Inspector (undertaking prosecutions) • 13 years at Newcastle University - Head of Safety • Freelance since 2012 Multiple award winner from 2015 to 2023 • Lawyer Monthly Expert Witness awards annually since 2017 • Lawyer International - Legal 100 awards annually since 2018 and many more, see http://safety4hed.co.uk/awards/ Reports normally available in 3 weeks.

General safety & electrical engineering issues • Equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres • Application of health & safety legislation & assessment of risk • Suitability of equipment & design specification • Track-mounted cableway installations • Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) • Dangerous Substances & Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) • CE Machinery Directive Additional office at: • 188 Burton Road, Ashby de la Zouch , Leicestershire, LE65 2TF.

GNSS & GPS forensics • Jamming & interference analysis • Phone positioning (Android & iPhone) • Satellite & radio navigation & communications • Vehicle telematics tracking & insurance • Electronic offender tags • SatNavs • Aviation & maritime navigation & communications • Integrity & safety systems • AIS • Timing • Patents & IP

I accept instructions from defendants and claimants via solicitors on most health and safety topics. I have particular experience in health and safety legislation, fatal accident investigation, manufacturing, construction, banking, education, healthcare, charity, retail and pharmaceuticals. My skills include: risk assessment, training, work at height, fall prevention, safe systems of work, safety documentation and policies, fire safety and protection, COSHH, manual handling and work equipment.

Fire, arson & explosion forensic investigation • Cold case • Fire: domestic, commercial, agricultural, consumer product, domestic appliance, dust, electrical, camping, boats, marine, motor vehicle, gas • Fire damage: buildings, equipment • Personal injury by fire • Smoke damage • Fire-related murder • Fire safety: fire risk assessment • Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 • Structural timber buildings: off-site risk assessment • Separating distance guidance • 16 Steps to Fire Safety

Principal Consultant of structural analysis for a major consultancy operating worldwide • Over nearly 30 years my particular fields of expertise are: • Stress analysis • Structural design, analysis, engineering & integrity • Finite element analysis • Fatigue • Fracture mechanics • Creep • Crack growth • Failure analysis • Dynamics • Vibration • Shock • Non-destructive testing • Design code assessments • Pipewhip • Missiles • Jet loadings • Blast • Safety cases • Risk management • Probabilistic analysis • Peer review

Lifts, escalators & machinery • Criminal, civil & coroners courts • Personal injury • Design & regulatory compliance • LOLER & PUWER, & CDM regulations • Accident & failure investigation • Construction & maintenance contracts • NHS HTM08-02 AE lifts • Quantum assessment • Landlord & tenant & dilapidations • PFI contract disputes including handback assessment, condition reporting & quantum • Arbitration • Adjudication • Mediation • Expert determination & negotiation • 47 years' experience as a contractor engineer, manager & consulting...

Risk assessment, examinations, evaluations & reports • Public safety • Occupational safety • Environmental contamination • Risk management policy • Safety policy • Water slide safety • Playground safety • Leisure & sport safety • Consumer safety • Transport safety • Accidents • Child safety • Legal requirements for safety

Expert witness and forensic investigation services relating to civil engineering failures and disputes. Areas of expertise include: • Collapse of steel, masonry and reinforced concrete structures and buildings • Construction site, workplace and other health and safety investigations, including the review of responsibilities under CDM, risk assessments and safe systems of work • Wind-induced collapses • Failure of retaining walls • Roof collapses • Structural damage • Review of structural strengthening and remedial...

Personal injury & road death accidents & collisions involving motor cars, motorcycles, public service vehicles, commercial vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians • Human factors, driver reaction times, vehicle factors, road safety audits, speed assessment & analysis • Image analysis from photographs, negatives, transparencies • Photogrammetry • Reconstructions & analysis & interpretation from CCTV evidence • Vehicle examination • Evaluation & analysis of existing reports • Fraudulent claims investigation • Dashcams, helmet cams,...

Personal injury • Product liability • Professional negligence claims • Environmental health • Consumer protection • Building & construction problems & safety • Playground accidents • Ladder accidents • Structures & structural engineering • Road traffic accident investigation & reconstruction • Agricultural & horticultural • Manufacturing industries • Electrical safety • Chemical safety • Industrial diseases • Musculoskeletal disorders & RSI • Slips, trips & falls • Fork-lift trucks • Guards & guarding systems • Factory accidents Experts in the...

My past career has included 8 years in industry & 7 years as a Specialist Inspector of the HSE where my specialism was process safety & flammable materials. I can therefore accept instruction in most cases where health & safety legislation is concerned, i.e. storage, use & processing of flammable materials, etc.

I have over 25 years' experience as the technical director of two engineering firms (one in general engineering and one in laser cutting) and as a visiting Professor of Engineering at two universities (Nottingham and Stuttgart). I hold all four of these posts at the moment and they form the foundation of my expert witness work. My particular areas of expertise are: • General engineering, welding & fabrication • Laser cutting & welding • Water jet cutting • Profiling • Materials engineering • Health & safety

Safety strategy and high-level policies • Hazard identification • Hazard assessment - qualitative and quantitative • ALARP • Safety integrity targeting • Safety integrity verification • Safety measure implementation, adequacy and assurance • Safety validation • Safety justification of complex equipment • Safety procedures/process development • Safety indicators/safety monitoring and reaction to events • Accident/incident investigation

Accident investigation • Permit to work & isolation • Machinery safety & guarding • Work at height & falling objects • Workplace transport • Confined space entry • Construction Design Management Regulations (CDM) • Safety management systems • Culture & behavioural safety • Experienced in the assessment of requirement for, procurement, training, fitting, use, storage & maintenance of PPE & RPE