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 ...
This case involves an SUV driver who collided with a bicyclist at a busy intersection. The bicyclist was in the bike lane but was obscured by a garbage truck that was traveling parallel to him in the inside lane. When the SUV…
This case involves a worker who was severely injured after being crushed between the tag axles of a concrete truck and a piece of material handling equipment. At the time of the concrete truck’s purchase, the axels were noticed to…
This case involves a crane accident. The plaintiff provided contract work for the defendant manufacturing facility. The facility operated hoists and cranes picking up storage containers up to one ton in weight. The containers are maneuvered onto a tram that…
This boating safety case takes place in Texas and involves a man who was severely injured after falling through a trap door while aboard an ocean container ship. The man was working as a machinist in the shipping industry, which was en…
A woman and her husband were picking up prescriptions at a pharmacy. They were called over to a different section of the service counter. The woman tripped on stanchions at the pharmacy counter. She fell backward into her husband, and…
A human factors and safeguarding expert witness advises on a case involving a shopper who was poked near the eye by a rotating bag carousel in a grocery store. Plaintiff was a customer at defendant grocery store. When she was…
A human factors expert advises on a case involving a slip and fall at a service station. The plaintiff fueled his vehicle at defendant service station and went into the store to make a purchase and attempt to catch a…
A human factors expert witness advises on a case involving an infant who fractured his skull and suffered a brain injury in a fall from a floor-level child seat. The plaintiff is a mother who received a baby seat as…
A mechanical engineering expert witness advises on case involving a slippery store floor that caused a woman to fall and injure her knee and back. The plaintiff was shopping for deli products at a grocery store when she suddenly slipped on…