General
Services
- Survey, photograph, video and document accident
scene
- Damage, injury patterns
- Evidence locations
- Measure, test and research accident
environment: temperature, wind, rain vapor, ventilation
- Surface and subsurface water; water damage
(decay and corrsion)
- Structural condition assessment
- Toxic and flammable solids, liquids and vapors
- Sound and light levels
- Accessibility; safety conditions and features
- Identify, log, inspect, document, test and
store evidence
- Research, collect, review & summarize
witness statements and reports
- Prepare as-built plans and process &
instrumentation diagrams (PID)
- Research and prepare as-designed plans
& PIDs
- Document & compare as-specified vs.
actual system operation
- Analytically model physical circumstances
& fit to evidence
- Analyze failures (see relevant
section of site)
- Prepare time-lines & sequences of event
- Research Industry standards, codes &
regulations
Fires, Explosions, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Natural gas leak building explosions
- Petroleum transmission pipeline damage
& fire
- Chemical factory explosions & fires
- Spontaneous combustion (oils, hay,
fiberboard, wood, epoxies, etc.)
- Natural gas furnaces, ovens & stoves
explosions & fires
- Arson (murder, suicide, & insurance
fraud)
- Carbon monoxide injuries & deaths from
HVAC / Furnace / Flue failures
- Commercial kitchen fires
- MAPP gas & butane container explosions
- Baseboard heater fire
Work Site / Industrial Accidents
- Scaffold failures
- Excavation collapses
- Falls from heights, from ladders, through
openings, & over edges
- Portable heater burns
- Nail gun misuse
- Personal fall arrest & restraint system
failures / misuse
- Lighting & visibility inadequacy
- Guardrail & barricade failures
- Loading docks equipment failures
- Crane load drops
- Slips, trips & falls at same elevation
- Machinery guarding accidents (rounder, proofer,
mills, lathes, cutters, bailers, compactors, glue machines, gins,
straightener, conveyors, etc.)
- Medical equipment (surgical tables,
chiropractic
tables, physical therapy table, patient hoists, gurney, ophthalmic
chair, equipment sterilizer)
Vehicular Accidents
- Automobiles, tractor-trailers, auto-pedestrian,
auto-bicycle, motorcycle
- Forklifts, cranes, man-lifts, scissor lifts,
concrete conveyor, & water trucks