Consumer Product Safety Expert Witnesses
What is a consumer product safety expert witness?
Consumer product safety expert witness candidates typically have backgrounds in human factors, consumer product safety, materials engineering, product design, and/or are Certified Fire & Explosion Investigators (CFEI) . Experts should be familiar with the guidelines and product warning statements published by leading authorities. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is a government organization tasked with protecting consumers from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard.
What types of cases require a consumer product safety expert witness?
Matters involving consumer product safety can be civil or criminal, depending upon the circumstances. Consumer Reports and the Consumer Federation of America also actively publish information on product safety and recalls. Criminal cases could involve the intentional disregard of guidelines issued by the CPSC that result in injury or death when used by consumers. Oftentimes, a consumer product safety expert witness is called in on a consumer product liability case or personal injury case.
What litigation support work might a consumer product safety expert witness be expected to perform?
Litigation support could include product testing, accident reconstruction, product failure analyses, forensic engineering, research and authoring expert reports, providing expert opinions, and expert witness testimony in court. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a subject matter expert with prior expert testimony experience.
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Consumer Product Safety Expert Witness - Representative Bios
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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Consumer Product Safety experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Consumer Product Safety landscape.
Expert Witness #249972
This expert is the principal consultant in a forensic consulting firm. This expert's focus is as an expert witness to both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving human factors, retail displays, conspicuousness of hazards, and site design and planning. As such this expert has dealt with many instances of retail floor safety and retail display safety, whether erected by the store or the outside product vendor. Before consulting this expert served as Director of Store Design for multiple supermarket chains. This expert has particular expertise in merchandising and product display safety.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #254474
This expert is an electrical engineering expert with many years of hands-on experience in industrial controls, automation, machinery, equipment, industrial safety and machine safeguarding. This expert applies expertise to forensic casework involving industrial controls, machine safeguarding, workplace safety, industrial/commercial/residential electric power systems, electrical related fires, electric shocks, and electrocutions. This expert is proficient in the National Electrical Code, National Electrical Safety Code, Electrical Safety in the Workplace, OSHA Standards for General Industry, and OSHA Electrical Safety Standards.
For many years this expert was a controls engineer for a control system integrator, where this expert was involved in control panel design, industrial automation, machine control, electrical design, software programming, installation, electrical contractor supervision, machine safeguarding, commissioning, project management, electrical power distribution and workplace safety. This expert was a corporate engineer performing electrical engineering in 4 different manufacturing facilities, including industrial controls, automation, process control, process engineering, quality control, robotics, industrial safety, machine safeguarding manufacturing supervision, and product development.
This expert is a licensed Professional Engineer in more than 20 states and a member of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), American Association of Safety Engineers (ASSE) as well as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
This expert provides technical investigations, analysis, reports, and testimony toward the resolution of commercial and personal injury litigation involving design, construction, operation, maintenance and training of electrical systems, equipment and devices.
This expert’s areas of expertise include:
Automation, controls, automated manufacturing, automated assembly lines, conveyors, robotics, material handling, packaging, robotic cells, automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), test cells, gantries, cranes, elevators, conveyors, lifts, turn tables, pumps, fans, scales, instrumentation, motion control, process control, boiler control, steam control, speed control, industrial controls, HVAC systems, air conditioners, air handling, boilers, compressed air, exhaust, centrifugal and absorption chillers, heaters, ovens, presses, grinders, cutting, broaching, stamping presses, hydraulics, pneumatics, vision, inspection, weighing, RFID, barcode, RF Radios, recipe/batch management, gas analyzers, motor controls, motion control, electrical control panels, control panel design/build (UL certified), PLC, HMI, MES, SCADA and software development, industrial communications (wired and wireless), information systems, data collection, data reporting, alarming, and industrial safety.
This expert’s expertise also extends to:
Industrial control software, programmable logic controllers (PLC), human machine interface (HMI), graphical user interface (GUI), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). Other software Visual Basic, C++, Microsoft SQL. PLC Software, Allen Bradley/Rockwell RSLogix/5/500/5000/IPDS, Siemens S5/S7/TIA Portal, Mitsubishi MEDOC/GX Developer/GX Works, Omron, Telemechanique, Modicon,B+R, Opto22, Steeplechase VLC, PC Worx, Wago, Automation Direct, Koyo HMI / GUI / SCADA Software, Rockwell RSView, Rockwell FactoryTalk, Allen Bradley Panelbuilder, Siemens WinCC, Mitsubishi GOT, Mitsubishi GX Worx, Wonderware, Intellution, Iconics, Cimplicity, Proficy iFix, Indusoft, Automation Direct C-more, Industrial Communication Networks, Ethernet, Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet I/P, DeviceNet, ControlNet, Interbus, and ASi-Bus.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #255238
This expert is an independent consultant in the safe use and design of construction, industrial, and agricultural equipment. This expert's experience includes the evaluation of product design, warnings development and safety and operational training. This expert served as a delegate on various ISO and ANSI subcommittees and is as a noted authority on lifting equipment safety.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #256699
This expert has a Masters in Design and a PhD in engineering with course work that spanned product design, safety, industrial systems design, robotics, kinematics and mechanical engineering. This expert's expert witness experience includes intellectual property (patents, trade secrets and trade dress), product design, product liability and mechanical failure analysis, manufacturing system failure, safety analysis, and automotive and motorcycle system failures. This expert is a recognized artist, award winning producer, interior designer, author of a robotics text, journal and conference papers that include automation systems, alternative fuels and automotive engine design, a racing car engine researcher and designer, and the holder of six US patents that include alternative automotive fuels and furniture design. This expert is an Associate Professor in departments of industrial engineering and management systems and in a school of visual arts and design.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #258116
This expert brings to the table many years of experience as the principle investigator of a highly successful forensic consultancy specializing in the fields of Human Factors, Safety Engineering, Industrial Engineering. This expert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Mechanical), a Master's Degree in Safety, and a PhD in Industrial Engineering. This expert also serves as adjunct associate professor in a Systems and Industrial Engineering Department in a College of Engineering.
Throughout the years, this expert has been retained to investigate systems for probable potential incident causes due to oversights or mistakes due to design, manufacture, construction and/or maintenance of a product or premise. Using forensic methods coupled with the principles and practices for human factors/ergonomics, systems engineering, industrial engineering, and safety engineering to analyze incidents, these investigations are intended to result in recommendations for modifications of the existing system to reduce the probability of future occurrences. This expert's investigations generally include looking at human performance characteristics and the interaction with the other system components: other humans, the technology, the environment, and the interfaces that are intended to facilitate the interactions. The various human performance characteristics can include 1) the physical (anthropometry, kinematics, strength, joint range of motion), 2) physiological (the sensory systems, performance capacity), 3) psychological (decision making, risk identification, assessment, and aversion, perception, expectations, information processing, communications), and 4) biomechanics (injury causation, forces applied to the body, forces applied by the body).
This expert has served as an expert witness in hundreds of litigated matters. This expert's unique educational and experiential background, combined with meticulous attention to detail provide clients with exceptionally high-quality reports, qualified expert testimony, and effective technical case management.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #124247
This expert is a consultant to national and international corporations in the areas of product development, manufacturing, packaging, warnings and instructions. This expert has consulted on more than five thousand matters involving human factors, safety, personal injury and product liability. A licensed P. E. with a specialty in Safety Engineering and Design, this expert has many years of experience consulting to insurance companies, municipalities, government agencies and the legal profession. In addition to participating in numerous product liability cases, this expert has authored and presented on the topic extensively. In addition, this expert holds a PhD in Chemistry, has many of experience in polymers and is the named inventor on numerous U.S. patents involving plastics that have been commercialized, including protective headgear and numerous household products. This expert's areas of specialty include new product development, human factors, OSHA, safety, voluntary standards, statutes, labeling, custom and practice, technology and cost in relationship to the hazards, and dangers and risks involved in the use and application of consumer products. An active member of the ASTM for years, this expert has been involved in the creation of the standards and testing involved with polymeric products. Directly involved with the safety and design analysis of consumer products, warnings and instructions, this expert has created and pioneered an innovative approach for evaluating the adequacy and communication effectiveness of the warning and instructional materials associated with any product. This expert has created and critiqued warnings and instructions for a large variety of products and standards used throughout the world. This expert is well published in the areas of plastics, safety engineering and design, and household and industrial product safety. In addition to participating in numerous product liability cases (testified 9 times, deposed 20+), this expert has authored and presented on the topic extensively.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #248996
This expert is a Senior Consultant and Director of Technology and Instrumentation. This expert holds MS and BS degrees in Industrial and Operations Engineering and Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, respectively. This expert is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.), a Certified Product Safety Manager (C.P.S.M.), a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), and a Certified XL Tribometrist (CXLT).
This expert’s recent professional activities include studies on floor slip resistance measurement; human vibration and acceleration exposure measurement and analysis; recreational boat design, watercraft occupant safety, and towed watersports safety; time study; product, occupational, and premises safety assessments; accident investigation; warnings design and evaluation; and human movement, climbing, and stability analysis. This expert is a member of several professional societies including the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the American Society for Testing and Materials, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the American Boat and Yacht Council, and USA Water Ski. This expert has authored and co-authored publications addressing recreational boat design and occupant protection, floor slip resistance measurement, hazard analysis, and warnings. As a human factors engineering expert, this expert has analyzed conspicuity issues on a number of cases related to trips/falls over obstacles on a variety of premises. This expert has been deposed 35 times and testified in 9 trials and has never been disqualified.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #231537
This mechanical engineering expert holds a PhD and is a forensic expert witness and consultant with expertise in mechanical engineering, patent infringement, and consumer product liability.
This expert has worked at federal agencies focused on consumer product safety and patents, and has served as a faculty member at multiple universities, developing courses in mechanical and biomechanical engineering.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #261090
This site/facility safety expert is a licensed architect and premises safety expert with over 30 years of professional experience. This expert has been involved in the design and construction of municipal recreation facilities and is a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI) through a national recreation and parks association. To obtain that certification, this expert was required to demonstrate knowledge of safety standards published by ASTM International and the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for playground design, maintenance, equipment, and safety surfacing. This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #282754
This consumer products design expert holds a PhD, is a PE, and has extensive experience in consumer product design and development, as well as technical expertise in patent-related matters.
This expert has been retained in several cases involving folding and collapsing consumer products, including children's play yards, mobile phone cases, and sockets for mobile electronics. In an academic professor role, this expert taught principles behind foldable products, including linkage design, material selection, fastener selection, and safety requirements, and advised design projects related to foldable devices such as camper slide-outs, folding automotive roof racks, and wheelchairs.
This expert's industrial experience included serving as an engineering director at a consumer products company, where responsibilities involved directing product development activities in a marketing-driven environment. Aesthetics and user functionality were important product aspects because those features often drove sales of personal care products such as hair dryers, electric shavers, and related products. This expert is therefore well positioned to identify functional and ornamental design elements.
This expert has been retained as an expert in patent matters in over 40 cases and has never been excluded as an expert because of a Daubert motion. This expert has given deposition testimony many times, testified before the ITC in patent-related matters, and supported IPR and PGR matters before the PTAB.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #283818
This human factors, warnings, labels, and instructions expert specializes in human perception, human performance, and ergonomics associated with industrial and occupational safety, consumer product design, and consumer product use. This expert is a consultant with substantial experience in the investigation and prevention of accidents and injuries related to consumer products, warning labels, instructions, and training.
This expert has more than 25 years of experience in both forensic and proactive work. This expert has assisted in the selection and development of safety systems for consumer and industrial equipment, and has performed hazard and risk assessments for consumer products, industrial machines and systems, auditory warnings and signals, and medical devices.
This expert has deep experience as an expert witness and has testified in depositions and at trial.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #292713
This CPSC regulatory expert previously served in a senior leadership role at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), overseeing and managing the agency as a principal executive officer.
Since that time, this expert has been engaged in the practice of law, including representing numerous consumer product clients in matters involving the CPSC, many of which involved regulatory issues. The CPSC is charged with oversight of the consumer product industry by promulgating and enforcing safety regulations.
This expert has been involved in numerous matters involving the promulgation of mandatory safety standards at the CPSC, as well as voluntary safety standards with third-party standard-development organizations, including the relationship between CPSC compliance and mandatory and voluntary standards.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #293865
This consumer product safety expert holds an MPH with a focus on risk assessments related to consumer products and has over 15 years of experience in product safety, regulatory compliance, and quality assurance. This expert has advised major retailers, manufacturers, and regulatory agencies on product risk assessments, compliance, and defect analysis.
This expert has over 15 years of experience evaluating product design, hazard identification, and risk mitigation across a wide range of consumer products. This expert's background includes over 10 years as a technical lead at ISO 17025-accredited laboratories performing product testing, inspection, and failure analysis, as well as developing and auditing ISO 9001-compliant quality management systems to support safe product design and production.
This expert has experience assessing child-related products against ASTM F3641, Standard Specification for Front-Mounted Bicycle Child Carriers (12 kg-27 kg), and ASTM F3642, Standard Specification for Front-Mounted Bicycle Child Carriers (9 kg-15 kg). This expert's work routinely involves determining whether product designs, including child seating and restraint systems, meet the applicable standard of care through appropriate design controls, guarding, and risk mitigation strategies.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #298089
This product safety engineering and human factors expert has taught safety engineering and consumer product safety for over 20 years and continues to serve as an adjunct professor at a university.
This expert's work focuses on product usability, reaction time issues, and ergonomics. For over 25 years, this expert has served as a principal in a safety consulting firm, providing advice and consultation on the development of warnings, safety hazards, and mitigation of risk factors, including potential user errors caused by sub-optimal design.
This expert's related work has included assessing and developing user manuals and on-product warnings for consumer products. This expert is well-published, frequently presents at industry conferences, and has substantial testifying experience.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #298112
This engineering expert is a licensed mechanical Professional Engineer with B.S.E. and M.S.E. degrees from a well-regarded public university and over 20 years' experience in engineering and product design, standardization testing, safety, and human factors. In a current engineering consulting role, this expert focuses on design, safety, and human factors related to accidents, injuries, and industrial and consumer products.
This expert has over a decade of experience analyzing the design and failure of consumer products, including testing, with experience involving issues such as warnings, temperature set points, automatic shutoff mechanisms, timers, heating-element placement, and product designs that may allow temperatures to exceed surrounding water temperatures. This expert's experience also includes analysis of consumer products that failed due to environmental exposure.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #304813
This consumer product safety expert holds an MBA and has over 20 years of experience in the consumer products industry, including recent work in product safety and compliance for a major retailer. This expert managed regulatory compliance testing and auditing programs for general merchandise, non-food items offered through store, e-commerce, membership-club, and regional retail formats. This work included direct import, domestic, private-label, supplier, and national-brand items across over 20 departments and categories.
This expert has been a consumer product safety and regulatory compliance professional for over 20 years, with experience that includes bicycles and related accessories. This expert began working on these types of products early in a safety and compliance career at a global provider of testing, inspection, auditing, and certification services. Later, while working with a product safety and compliance team for a major retailer and affiliated membership-club retailer, this expert worked with vendors and manufacturers of bicycles and related accessories to ensure merchandise met applicable safety and regulatory standards for the U.S. market. The work included high-volume bicycle and related accessory retail operations. Child safety and products primarily intended for children have been a predominant focus throughout this expert's product safety and regulatory compliance career, including responsibility for safety and compliance for toys and children's products sold through major retail channels.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Consumer Product Safety Expert SearchExpert Witness #304823
This consumer product safety expert holds a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from a well-regarded university and an MPH from a prestigious university, and works as a human factors consultant with interdisciplinary training in child and adolescent development and public health. A significant portion of this expert's work addresses child and adolescent safety, with particular attention to risk behaviors, cognitive and motor development, contextual factors, and the role of caregiver supervision. This expert also evaluates how factors such as risk perception and hazard awareness contribute to accident patterns across age groups, and how caregiver practices shape health and injury outcomes.
This expert has extensive experience in consumer product design and safety, with a focus on juvenile and children's products. In consulting and expert witness roles, this expert has worked with manufacturers of baby carriers, child car seats, strollers, nursing pillows, and play furniture, as well as broader consumer products requiring child-resistant design considerations. This expert is a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician with deep knowledge of child seats, child restraint systems, and applicable safety standards. This expert is also an active member of multiple ASTM subcommittees covering carriages and strollers, infant carriers, and general juvenile product standards, and regularly applies CPSC, ASTM, and ISO standards and guidelines. This expert is additionally a Certified Playground Safety Inspector and is knowledgeable about national playground standards and design guidelines. This background supports evaluation of hazards such as entanglement, entrapment, and other injury risks, as well as design decisions to mitigate them. Across this expert's work, child development, anthropometry, and caregiver behavior are often considered, including misuse, user error, and interaction with product warnings and instructions.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
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