Human factors is an interdisciplinary field that studies how people interact with technology, products, and environments. Human factors experts use their knowledge of human behavior, cognition, and physical capabilities to design products, interfaces, and systems that are safe, efficient, and easy to use. Related sub-specialties include industrial engineering, psychology, and ergonomics.
Example cases in which an attorney might need a human factors expert witness:
A product liability case involving a malfunctioning medical device
A workplace safety case involving a construction accident caused by unsafe equipment or design
A transportation accident case involving a car crash caused by distracted driving or poor road design.
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This expert has over 20 years of experience in the field of risk management. He is a certified construction health and safety officer, occupational safety specialist, Six Sigma Green Belt, and OSHA Accident Investigator. He has previously served in the Marine Corps as the infantry combat leader before entering the civilian sector as an operations risk manager at Boots & Coots. This expert then served as a risk consultant for IBTX Risk Services and as the managing ...
This expert has extensive experience in parks and recreation. He earned his BA in interpersonal communication from the University of Central Florida. He is a certified parks and recreation professional and a certified playground safety inspector. This expert is active in his field as a member of numerous organizations including the Florida Recreation and Parks Association and the National Parks and Recreation Association. He previously served as a recreation specialist ...
This highly qualified expert has over a decade of experience in higher education administration. She earned her BA from the University of Florida before earning her MS in college student personnel administration with a concentration in conflict analysis and resolution from Nova Southeastern University. She has served in a variety of positions at universities in New York, including resident director, residence hall director, and director of residence life & off campus ...
This expert has almost 15 years of experience in outdoor recreation. He earned his BS and MS in outdoor recreation and resource management and his PhD in Leisure Behavior from Indiana University. He previously served as a wilderness and mountaineering ranger at Inyo National Forest and as a wilderness instructor at SOAR. He has also worked as an instructor of outdoor adventures and as the program coordinator of the conservation and outdoor recreation education program at ...
This qualified expert has extensive experience in baseball as both a player and coach. He received his BA in special education from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where he played NCAA Division 1 baseball. He formerly served as the head baseball coach of a U-12 travel team in Virginia before moving on to a coaching position of a U-16 travel team. This expert currently works as a multiple disabilities teacher at a high school in Virginia where he is also the head ...
This expert in safety earned his BA from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and his MA at Southern New Hampshire University. He is certified in hazard analysis and critical control points and OSHA 10. He has held several previous positions as safety director and manager at companies such as SkyLark Meats Inc., Swift and Company, XL Four Star Beef Inc., Tyson Foods Inc., and Leprino Foods. He currently is the CEO and president of a safety consulting agency in Michigan....
This well-qualified expert has more than 15 years of experience supporting the United State's Armed Forces. He is certified and trained as a US Army motor vehicle operator, in HAZMAT awareness, and combat lifesaving. He formerly served four years in the Indiana and Montana National Guard. Subsequently, he worked at the Walla Walla, WA VA Hospital as a motor vehicle operator for 7 years. Currently, he is a student at Blue Cord Holdings in pursuit of his AAS in business ...
This expert has been involved with construction safety policies for over 35 years, focusing on risk management evaluations and accident investigation. He is a certified Environmental, Health & Safety Trainer and OSHA Outreach Safety Instructor through the National Environmental, Health & Safety Association, as well as a Certified Safety Professional through the American Society of Safety Professionals. He has over 35 years of experience related to the application of ...
This expert has over a decade of experience with zipline operations through his work designing, constructing, developing, and operating businesses in the adventure recreation and aerial adventure park industries. He is a member of the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) and served on its operations and certifications standards committee for a number of years. He is also certified as an ACCT level 1 and 2 practitioner, and he has guided over 1,000 zipline ...
This highly qualified expert earned his BA in business management from St. Joseph's University and is a certified elevator inspector. Formerly, he served as the Vice President of Vertical Transportation Excellence, a company that specializes in elevator consulting. Currently, he is the principal at a certified elevator inspection and compliance consulting firm in PA....
This highly qualified expert in human behavior focuses his current research in judgment and decision making, consumer financial decision making, intertemporal choice and consumer patience, personal branding, and political marketing and leadership selection. He earned his BA in psychology from the University of Chicago and MA and joint-PhD in psychology and social policy from Princeton University. In addition to his extensive publications, media coverage, and invited ...
Human factors experts focus on how people interact with their environment and consider principles of psychology, design, and usability to optimize safety and performance. Traffic safety human factors experts strive to answer crucial questions regarding road user behavior, expectations, capabilities,…
A good human factors expert witness in general should have excellent credentials (e.g., academic background and degrees, publications, research projects, etc.). They should also have practical experience in the specific area of testimony (e.g., designed and tested warnings in the…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Belisle v. BNSF Ry. Co. Citation: 697. F. Supp. 2d 1233 In addition to human factors topics including response time, the expert’s testimony also discussed accident…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Lister v. Hyatt Corp. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 211764 The plaintiff retains a hospitality expert after she sustains injuries in a slip and fall…
Court: Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Ward v. Shoney’s, Inc. Citation: 847 A.2d 367 Facts The plaintiff was on her way to purchase a newspaper from a vending machine located outside a Shoney’s Restaurant. As…
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Gainesville Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Vazquez v. Raymond Corp. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5355 In this product liability action, the plaintiff sought to hold defendants, Raymond Corporation…
This case involves a fatal trucking accident that was caused by distracted driving. The truck driver was using his cell phone to communicate with his employer while operating the truck on a major interstate highway. At the time, the weather…
This case involves a pilot that died in a plane crash. At the time of the crash, the pilot was 63 years old with 30 years of aviation experience. The plane the pilot was flying had been serviced several weeks before…
The plaintiff was a 140 lb woman, and the dumbbells were 30 pounds each. The plaintiff had never used this type of exercise ball in a workout before and was not aware that the ball had the potential to explode.…
This case involves an elderly man who severely injured himself as a result of tripping and falling at a movie theater. There was poor lighting on the long tread in the movie theater, and the seating area was not lit…
This case involves a fatal plane crash in Montana. The pilot was an elderly female with 30 years of aviation experience at the time of the accident. The route was only 4 hours and she had flown it before. The…