Ergonomics, Risk Assessment, and Design Expert Consultant

Provides expertise in ergonomics, risk assessment, design, technology, and expert witness services to a wide variety of clients.

This expert has successfully worked with companies having as few as two employees, and as many as 2000, and has competed some 700 consultations with OSHA. Clients have come from city, state and federal governments and organizations, from general industry, construction, agriculture, fisheries, medical, high technology and aviation companies representing local, regional, national and international firms. This expert is very experienced with and comfortable working with multi-national and English deficient work forces and management personnel. Some representative activities include: In dental and medical offices and hospitals consultant has reviewed and (re)designed workstations, equipment and work methods to minimize musculoskeletal discomfort and improve work. In hospitals, clinics, nursing home and extended care facilities, consultant has worked with staff and physicians to develop less risky methods of patient handling and transfer, provided training in ergonomics and patient handling and conducted comprehensive ergonomic evaluations of all activities in the facility. In sheltered workshops, consultant has redesigned workstations and work flows and provided training to lead workers, supervisory and management personnel on ergonomics, fundamentals of safety. Working with fire departments and emergency service providers to help identify ergonomic hazards in equipment and work practices and as possible suggest or develop changes in equipment, tools, training and work practices. Designed, evaluated and recommended modifications to improve office workstations for professional, engineering/CAD workers, and for clerical, reception and secretarial personnel. Development of more efficient methods, tools, processes and procedures and identifying and reducing ergonomic risk factors?in job shops, assembly line operations and with Just-In-Time (JIT) work groups. These activities have been performed in light and heavy manufacturing, in office and clerical operations, in medical facilities, high tech operations, in warehouses, distribution centers, in service and non profit organizations. In electronics fabrication and assembly facilities consultant has designed, evaluated and improved workstations, work methods and tools to reduce the potential for cumulative trauma injuries, to improve work flows and reduce errors. In metal forming, metal fabrication, metal plating and casting and foundry industries consultant has developed/recommended improved workstations, work methods, tools to lower the potential for acute and cumulative trauma injury. These recommendations were often in parallel with safety and health recommendations. Helped to improve work flows, workstations, tools and work methods in industrial (high volume) kitchens and catering services and banquet facilities. In commercial aviation and aviation service providers, consultant has worked with carriers on reducing back and shoulder injuries resulting from manual handling of luggage and cargo in and around the aircraft and at the various terminal staging and sorting areas.