Machine guarding helps protect workers from rotating parts, pinch points, cutting tools, crush zones, and other mechanical hazards. This guide explains common machine guard types and the engineering considerations that help make safeguarding effective, practical, and compliant.
When an emergency stop doesn’t halt a hazard, the results can be catastrophic. This packaging equipment injury investigation by Alpine Engineering & Design reveals why robust machine safety design must look beyond basic controls to mitigate hidden, stored pneumatic energy.
Machine guarding should protect workers while allowing safe maintenance. Learn how guard design, lockout/tagout, and JSAs can reduce unsafe workarounds.
(Podcast Ep. 7) Alpine Engineering Senior Advisor Fred Smith discusses expert witness work, product liability, patent litigation, courtroom testimony, and the importance of honest, consistent engineering opinions.
Walkway safety requires more than general awareness, it relies on measurable standards, codes, and engineering analysis. This article explains how slip resistance, trip hazards, and walkway conditions are evaluated in real-world applications.
(Podcast Ep. 18) Mechanical engineer and medical device expert witness Rob Irion discusses using engineering as a vehicle for justice and safety. Rob shares lessons from medical device R&D and explains how forensic analysis supports complex litigation.
(Podcast Ep. 17) Oil and gas expert witness Jon Marshall discusses how experts build credibility through confidence, honesty, and clear communication, drawing on 19 years of engineering experience and real-world lessons from high-stakes technical and legal environments.
Slip and fall cases require more than subjective opinions. A premises liability expert explains how tribometry, ASTM standards, and objective slip resistance testing are used to evaluate walkway safety and determine whether a property condition contributed to a fall.
Forklift accidents cause thousands of workplace injuries annually, but most are preventable. Drawing from 30 years of investigations nationwide, Alpine Engineering & Design’s forklift expert witness team reveals the key risk factors behind these incidents and engineering solutions that make workplaces safer.
Discover how engineering design analysis revealed critical safety failures in a dump trailer that led to a severe hand injury—and how proper design could have prevented it.
I recently visited Roaring Springs Water Park in Meridian, Idaho, with my family. It’s an amazing park—not just because the kids love it, but because of how well it’s run. As an engineer who designs amusement rides and other equipment, with a strong emphasis on...
Unless you are a sadist in a position of authority, you probably don’t like rules. But sometimes rules are needed. No one likes being told that they have to drive slower than they want, but most of us are glad when one neighbor calls the police on another neighbor...