Blog Posts
Lack of Space in Restaurant’s Playground Leads to Injury
Thomas W. Bowler, CPSI :::: Case Synopsis: Plaintiff, age 4, was playing indoors within a chain restaurant’s playground facility. The girl tripped and crashed into a park bench located within…
Electrical Flash Burn Fatally Injures Mechanic
Ronald J. Panunto, PE, CFEI :::: Case Synopsis: An electrical maintenance mechanic at a dairy plant died from electrical flash burns while troubleshooting an inoperable 480VAC motor. Expert was retained…
A Seatbelt Defense Refuted
Robert J. Nobilini, Ph.D. :::: Case Synopsis: A semi-tractor trailer ran a red traffic light at an intersection and struck a pickup truck on its front right side. Both vehicles…
Sudden Acceleration Brake Cut Off
Sudden Acceleration: A hot topic. R. Scott King, BSME :::: Fueled by millions of recalled Toyota vehicles, the motoring public, news media, and federal safety regulators, have not been this…
Aquatic Safety Seminars
Tom Griffiths, ED.D, Aquatics Safety Consultant with DJS Associates, Inc., will be presenting several seminars on Aquatic Safety. Topics covered will include “Sudden Submerge Syndrome”; “The Note and Float Program”;…
Not-So-Common Sense
Marlin Buckley, Master Plumber/Electrician :::: Case Synopsis: A mechanical contractor was hired to replace a large cooling tower atop a building as part of a renovation project at a Philadelphia…
Asphyxiation Accident on Construction Site
Johann F. Szautner, P.E., PLS :::: Case Synopsis: Two construction workers were retrieved unconscious from a sanitary sewer manhole. They were assigned to prepare the sanitary sewer manhole for construction…
Canada Unveils New Speed Bump: Optical Illusion of a Child
Officials in West Vancouver, Canada, apparently aren't satisfied with the driver-slowing properties of traditional speed bumps. On Tuesday, the town unveiled a new way to persuade motorists to ease off…
To Slow Speeders, Philadelphia Tries Make-Believe
The first time Larry Morris spotted the white, blue and orange triangles that seemed to rise up from Blue Grass Road in his Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood, he was unsure just…
