Forensic Engineers and Consultants

Blog Posts by: Jeff Warren

Author Jeff Warren

Expertise Includes:

  • Machine Design & Safeguarding
  • Machinery & Equipment Analysis
  • Products Liability
  • Risk Assessment

Code Violations Are Root of Fatal Explosion

The design and installation of gas piping systems in homes and commercial buildings is guided by a set of regulations called NFPA 54 — the National Fuel Gas Code. The code, which establishes minimum safety requirements, is also used by forensic engineers to evaluate an explosion to determine cause and responsibility. Read More

Design Can Prevent Industrial Accidents

Two of the top causes of workplace accidents, according to the United States Department of Labor’s Occupation Safety and Health Administration, are a lack of machine guarding and improper control of hazardous energy. At first blush, these types of incidents can mistakenly be attributed to an employee’s actions without considering how a machine’s design or the improper control of an environment or situation may have contributed.
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Protecting Industrial Employees from Workplace Hazards

The recent Texas fertilizer plant explosion has focused the nation’s eyes on the important matter of workplace safety. When an employee is injured or killed on the job, Warren investigators are often called in to identify what went wrong and how it could have been prevented.
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Machine Safeguarding for an Imperfect Workforce: Humans.

Every day more than 12 people in the United States lose their lives in workplace injuries, according to U.S. Department of Labor data. In 2011, OSHA estimates, 3.3 million people suffered a workplace injury from which they may never fully recover. Two of the top ten most frequently cited OSHA standards that result in injuries and death are lockout/tagout and machine guarding. Read More

Why Warren?

WARREN’S new brand identity and communications tools have been designed to more clearly convey that which sets our firm apart: the proven ability of our engineers to deliver the truth — be it origin, cause, responsibility or cost of an event or claim — with unmistakable clarity. Our job is to bring the facts to you, and it starts with our ability to give you the information you’re looking for about our firm.
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