Standards are commonly used in engineering design. Some standards are legal requirements while others are consensus or voluntary standards. There are a number of organizations that provide standards including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),...
As a mechanical engineer who works in equipment design safety, I sometimes get involved in lawsuits where injuries occur while equipment is being used. Usually in the roll of an expert witness. One question that I am often asked in one form or another during...
Forklift Expert from Alpine Engineering and Design offered expert opinions in a lawsuit around the events and equipment involved in the unnecessary death of a delivery driver. The case settlement was confidential, but we have been informed that it was favorable to...
Recently, there was a big hullabaloo in my neighborhood regarding the swings in the park maintained by our HOA. Someone posted a picture on our neighborhood Facebook page showing two of the swings hanging by only one chain. As you might imagine, the neighborhood...
While going to college I had a professor who liked to reference the Zeno paradox. “That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.” He would make this point with an analogy. An engineer and a mathematician are in a bar. ...
Warning Signs to be Aware of in Machinery and Maintenance The old adage: “Red sky at night sailor’s delight, Red sky in the morning sailor take warning.” has been around in one form or another for thousands of years (Matthew 16:2-3). This was a well understood sign...
