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Representative Project Experience of ErgoTech

Occupational and Consumer Product Safety & Health Projects

Alabama

[Hoggle] v Tippin. (1995 M101)

Arkansas

Metcraft, Inc. Warnings design for owner's manuals (1996 M93)

California

[Ballard] v Crown Controls. Forklift truck, brake/control system failure/defect, hip injury (consultation; disposition unknown) (E61) (CA SC C 14277)

Freeman v [Whirlpool]. Gas-fired dryer (1996 M102)

Newhouse v [Paccar]. Truck wheel (1996 M74)

Severson v Allied. (1995 M45)

Storer v County of Kern (1988 M67)

Colorado

Granite State Insurance v [Masterchem Industries]. Paint warnings (1996 M89)

Connecticut

[class] v Chicago Pneumatic et al. Pneumatic grinders, vibration white finger (1996 E98)

District of Columbia

ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) Joint Defense Council, and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. (1996 M109)

Florida

[Cagle] v Crown Controls. Forklift truck, brake/control system failure/defect, foot injury (deposition and trial testimony) (E58) (FL Orange Cty. CI 88-4096)

Hydro Agri North America. (1995 M52)

Recreational boat, collision with channel marker, quadriplegia (<86 M)

Hawaii

Shibuya v Architects Hawaii et al. Forklift truck, lateral rollover into trench, paraplegia (1985 M49)

Illinois

Baudam, Inc. v [Spring AG]. Rechaud fire, burn injury (1997 E103)

Granny's Deli v [Magnetek] et al.Neon sign transformer, fire (1995 M36)

Neugebauer v [Heidelberg] et al. Bookbinder/trimmer, loss of fingers (1996 M117)

Indiana

Baker v [Schering-Plough Healthcare Products Inc.]. Pumpkin carving tool, finger laceration (1997 E104)

Ferguson v Poseidon Pools. (1995 M68)

Jenkins v Mega Manufacturing. (1989 E64) (US S.IN 84-90-C)

Mullins v [Deerfield Manufacturing]. Can crusher, inadvertent activation, multiple fingertip amputation (1985 M50)

Porter v [Deerfield Manufacturing]. Can crusher, inadvertent activation, multiple fingertip amputation (1985 M35)

Snyder v [Ebco Mfg. Water]. Bottled water cooler, finger injury (deposition testimony) (1993 E88) (IN 20D02-9208-CT-575)

Kansas

Linville v In-Sink-Erator. Garbage disposal, steam explosion, failure to warn, facial burns (deposition and trial testimony) (1994 E90) (US KS 93-1359-MLD)

Richter v Limax. Exercise/jogging trampoline, foot injury (settled prior to testimony) (1992 E77) (US KS91-2065-V)

Rupe v Strato-Tower et al. Aerial man-lift unit, overturn (deposition and trial testimony) (E56) (US KS 86-2488-0)

Kentucky

[Hubbs] v Todco. Converter dolly (1996 M87)

[Loveless] v Heller-Sutherland. (1995 M119)

[Russell] v Hobart. Meat grinder, failure to interlock, hand injury (1996 E100)

Maryland

American Boat & Yacht Council. (1995 M88)

Massachusetts

Keithley Metrabyte. Warnings design, software & manual. (1996 M111)

Laraba v New England Power. (1996 M80)

Michigan

Abbotts v Sears/Heil-Quaker. Home natural gas furnace, carbon monoxide poisoning, brain damage (1983 M92)

Advanced Accessory Systems. Pickup truck bicycle rack system warning labels (1996 M62)

Aho v Crisco Oil. (1995 M41)

Aloul v Central Station Ltd. Door with automatic closer, finger crush injury (settled prior to testimony) (1989 E67) (MI 87-4194-NO)

Anderson v Conagra. (1995 M87)

Arledge v Kenwal. Loading dock, caught under shifting load, foot injuries (settled prior to testimony) (1993 E86) (MI 92-218631 NO)

[Arnold] v Clark Equipment. Forktruck, propane leak, hand injury. (1966 M94)

Baker v Komax. Wire stripping/terminating machine, unguarded opening, hand injury (deposition testimony) (1991 E76) (MI 9100168 NP)

Balzer v [Gainey Transport et al.] Car-truck accident (1996 M104)

Belawi v Ausi's Custom Cabinets [et al.] Plexiglas security window (1996 M85)

Bolton v [Hoar Construction]. (1996 M39a)

Bourgeois v City of Kentwood et al. Bicycle, collision with second bicycle, severe facial injuries (settled prior to testimony) (E54) (MI 86-52371-NI)

Brown v Davis Keyseater. Keyseater, failure to lockout & inadvertent activation, hand amputation (settled prior to testimony) (1987 E52) (MI 85-531-738-NP)

Cardona v [Schirp]. Fleecing machine, hand injury (1997 E108)

Carter v Leading Tool & Die. (1991 E73) (MI 91-496 NP)

Coats v Shepard Niles et al. (1985 M55) (MI Calhoun Cty.84-004-NP)

Crowder v [C-E Minerals Inc. et al.] Silica dust exposure, occupational illness (deposition testimony) (1995 E93)

[Dean] v GTE. Telephone, hearing damage (1996 M96)

Deluca v [Clark] & Bunn-Omatic. Coffee scald (1996 M90)

Dyer v [Procoil] Cutoff saw (1996 M120)

Eberhardt v [Fisher & Co., Inc.]. Staking machine, hand injury (1997 E109)

Hawkins v [Giddings & Lewis]. Drill press, glove caught in bit, severe hand injury (1985 M61)

Forklift truck, fall from elevated basket, head and extremity injuries (<86 M)

[Frye] v Green Giant et al. Food processing auger, severe hand and arm injury during servicing (deposition testimony) (1984 M52) (MI Berrien Cty. 83-1536-NP-H)

[Gelman] v Nine Lives. Catfood can, finger injury (1996 M46)

General Motors SPO Rack Study. (1995 M82)

Genesee Tool & Eng'g. (1992 E84)

Gibson v L.S.E. Machine. (E62) (US E.MI 87-CV-30055-PH)

Gould v Woolworth. Exercise cycle, mechanical fastener failure, failure to warn, rectal/abdominal injuries (settled prior to testimony) (1989 E65)

Grapp v Komatsu. Forklift truck, brake/control system failure/defect, back injury (deposition testimony) (1991 E71) (MI 92-007963-NP)

Grey v GM. Air conditioning unit, electrocution during servicing (settled prior to testimony) (1992 E80) (MI 91-127171NP)

Hall v K-Mart. Anti-theft device, hearing damage due to noise level (engineering report only) (1995 E92) (MI 94-70154-NO)

Harris v Tiara. (1995 M94)

Howard, James [snowmobile]. (1989 E66)

Howell v S.M.M.Leon's. Restaurant seating, fall, hip injury (settled prior to testimony) (1992 E81) (MI 92-433248-NO) (1994 E81)

Hunter v Honeywell. Metal tube bundler, inadvertent activation, head injury-death (settled prior to testimony) (1992 E83) (MI C 91001658 NP)

Jackson v Altman Management. (1996 E101)

Jackson v Wendy's. Restaurant tile floor, fall, head injury (settled prior to testimony) (E91)

Kemp v [Highgate Electric]. Pallet stacker/conveyor (1996 M107)

Kerekes v Urban. (1995 M32)

Koern v Pentek. (1995 M89)

Koziatek v BASF. Maintenance technician, wrongful non-hiring due to physical limitations (settled prior to testimony) (1990 E69)

Latourette v [Egger]. Fall from roof (1996 M92)

Launstein v Michigan DOT (1985 M31)

LeVans v Heinz. (1995 M71)

Makita Tool Research. (1995 M31)

Manda/Hanna v City of Traverse City (1985 M36)

Mancina v [Rogers Athletic Co.]. Football blocking sled, amputated finger (1996 E102)

Martin v New Products Corporation. Reaming operation, hand-held part, hand injury (settled prior to testimony) (1991 E75) (MI 90-68102-NO)

Masco - Universal Furniture. (1995 M62)

Miles v [MacDonald's Ind. Products]. Mechanical power press, hand injury (deposition and trial testimony) (1995 M58)

[Miree] v Kessel Food Market. Trip/fall (1996 M110)

Nagy v Wholesale Supply. (1995 M37)

Neidhart v Ritter. (1995 M108)

Norgan v Thermopress. Thermal press, accidental trip, hand injury (not filed) (1984 M61)

Paye v Michigan Chrome & Chemical. (E63) (MI 86-620376-NP)

[Payter] v Werner and Crawford Products. Ladder tip cover, fall (deposition testimony) (1996 E99)

Peltier v Boone's Welding. (1995 M51)

Petrochemical Trucking. (1995 M61)

Pine Knob Music Theater. Ingress/egress analysis (1996 M40)

Pogor v [Makita]. (1995 M34)

[Princinsky] v Red Roof Inns. Bathtub, fall upon egress, knee injury (report) (1993 E89)

[Rabish] v Fabiano et al. Fall from ladder. (1996 M132)

[Rapanos] v General Electric. Heat pump (1996 M83)

[Renneberg] v McKenna. Tank explosion (1996 M124)

Rey v Carroll. (1995 M35)

Russell v Creative Machine. (1990 E70) (MI 89-921953-NO)

[San Filippo] v Carl Goldberg. (1995 M43)

Savage. Treadmill (1995 M39)

Scott v [Hoar Construction]. (1996 M39b)

[Sellers] v Ski-Doo. Snowmobile, leg injury (1995 M66)

Shank v [Fuller Company]. Dust collection system, failure to lockout & inadvertent activation, loss of fingers during servicing (1983 M56)

[Stiffler] v Synthes. (1996 M101)

[Steelcase] v Art Specialty Corporation. Lighting (1996 M111)

Streu [grip tow device]. Industrial truck, towing/tugger vehicle, operator compartment design, foot injury (consultation only) (1995 E96)

Taylor v ? [apartment fire]. (1996 M34)

Trostel v Quality Tanning. (1995 M44)

Uppleger v Nestlé. (1995 M55)

[Vallie] v Faygo. 1996 (M86)

[Velasquez] v Orbit Valve Co. (1996 M122)

Wall v [Lime-O-Sol]. (1995 M83)

Watson v Michigan LTI. (1995 M39)

Wessel v [Kansa Corporation]. Newspaper insert stuffer (1996 M118)

Wiest v [GM]. Automatic guided vehicle, inadvertent activation, arm injury (settled prior to testimony) (1992 E79)

[Williams v Double Eagle Steel]. Sheetmetal coating operation, fall into pit, back injury (disposition unknown) (1991 E72) (MI 90-030073-NO)

Wojciechowski v [Champion Boats Inc.] Boat, passenger thrown overboard, amputated leg (settled prior to testimony) (1993 E87) (MI 92-227435NP)

Wonders v [Lime-O-Sol]. (1995 E94)

Zanders v [Kansmacker]. Returnable aluminum beverage can crusher, failure to guard and warn, finger injury (settled prior to testimony) (1990 E68) (MI 89 64012)

[Zoufal] v Detroit Edison. (1995 M98)

Montana

Havens v [State of Montana]. (1995 M59)

Scott v [State of Montana] (1988 M93)

New Jersey

Gould v Denbow. (1995 M55)

[Guarda] v Raymond Fork Truck. Forklift truck, brake/control system failure/defect, foot injury (disposition unknown) (E55) (NJ L-064457-87)

[Kane] v BOC Group. Food auger (1995 M81)

Sigurdsson v [Amana]. Gas stove, fire, death (1996 M43)

New York

Martell v Kawasaki Motors. Recreational water craft, collision with boat, arm amputation (1983 M25)

[Pantano] v Clark. (1995 M55)

Ohio

[Blatt] v Grooms. Portable grill, failure to warn, apartment building fire (1997 E106)

Erickson v Roper Industries. (1995 M78)

Kaercher v [GM]. Struck by flying object. (1996 M80)

Leathers v Triad Controls. Light screen on press, inadvertent activation, hand injury (settled prior to testimony) (1992 E82) (OH Fulton Cty.91-CV-000036)

Matteucci v Chemsol Products Corp. Flammable cleaning fluid, flash fire, burns (disposition unknown) (1993 E85) (OH 219966)

Mount v Union Boiler. Construction site/temporary guardrails, death due to fall (deposition testimony) (1986 M73)

Sharp v Wauseon Machine and [Fayette Tubular Products]. Tube endforming machine, hand injury (1997 E107)

Smith v Monsanto. Extrusion press, explosion during servicing, fatality (withdrawn prior to testimony) (1992 E78) (OH Hamilton Cty.A8910190)

Storaaski v Baroni. (1995 M169)

Oklahoma

Flowers v Crown Controls. Forklift truck, brake/control system failure/defect, death (deposition and trial testimony) (1991 E74) (US N.OK91-C-0019-8)

Pennsylvania

Hartley v Crown Controls et al. Forklift truck, brake/control system failure/defect, leg injury (disposition unknown) (E57) (PA Bucks Cty. 86004099-17-2)

Makusi v Quimby Material Handling. (1996 M114)

[Mitchell] v Hyster. Forktruck (1996 M82)

Nelons v [Hunt Manufacturing]. X-Acto knife, hand injury (1995 E105)

[Pasquale] v Hyster. Forktruck (1995 M116)

Stewart v [Universal Manufacturing]. Rolling scaffold (1996 M55)

[Wagner] v Taylor. Forktruck (1995 M38)

Watson v [Fulton]. Trailer hitch (1995 M96)

Wells v Alcoa. Aluminum plant conveyor, inadvertent activation, death due to crushing (1985 M66)

Westinghouse asbestos warnings. (1995 M65)

Rhode Island

Coman v Morris Metal Co. et al. Scrap metal trailer, unsecured load, fall from top of load, severe foot injury (consultation; disposition unknown) (1987 E53) (RI PC 84-2692)

Erickson v Salmansons et al. Loading dock, caught between truck load and dock, hip & internal injuries (settled prior to testimony) (E51) (US RI 80-0157)

[Maymon] v Finlay Hydrascreens. Gravel conveyor, arm injury (1996 M57ba)

[Quaglia] v Crown Controls. Forklift truck, brake/control system failure/defect, leg amputation (trial testimony) (1985 M42)

[Seebeck] v Finlay Hydrascreens. Gravel conveyor, arm injury (1996 M57b)

[Susset] v Otis Elevator Company. Elevator, control system inadvertent operation, fall down shaft (trial testimony) (1988 E59) (RI KC/82-267)

Tennessee

boat fire. (1995 M92)

Texas

Oil well servicing rig, inadvertent activation, severe head injury (T)

Utah

Palletizing machine, severe muscle and nerve damage during servicing (<86 M)

Wisconsin

Gleason/Brettingen v Chicago NWRR. Recreational boat, collision with bridge, multiple deaths (1985 M63)

Maryland Casualty v Carley-Troyk. (1995 M157)

Other Consultations

Action Products (1988 M48)

Ainsworth v Ford (1984 M26)

Andrews v Coleco (1984 M32)

Bailey v Rybinski (1988 M76)

Bolton v Sears/Whirlpool. Home automatic washing machine, electrocution during servicing (1983 M23)

Brockwell v Doughboy Recreational (1984 M91)

Buttars v Whirlpool Corp. (1985 M59)

Charles v Ford Motor Company (1985 M52)

Cobb v Clark (1983 M37)

Damore v Manco and Briggs & Stratton (1996 M64)

Davidow v Century Boat (1982 M72)

Demond v Whitehead (1984 M85)

Desa International (1988 M221)

Drus v R&B Manufacturing (1988 M52)

East Chicago Machine Tool Co. (1996 M103)

Elikara v Natco (1988 M60)

Ferguson v Giddings & Lewis (1985 M30)

Flexible cable assembly machine, climbing to free jam, foot injury (settled prior to testimony) (E)

Four-way parts washer (1995 M64)

Fuse v American Grease Stick (1985 M25)

Galaxy Boat (1984 M51)

Gilroy v Winter & Pettit (1988 M57)

Gordon v St. Charles Schools (1988 M33)

Hadusek v T.G. Industries (1988 M31)

Homan v Yamaha Corporation (1988 M74)

Home electric range, activation by child, severe burns (<86 M)

Huffmaster v IDECO (1985 M31)

Industrial lathe, hand injury (<86 M)

Ironworker, multi-control-station failure-to-interlock, hand amputation (settled prior to testimony) (E)

Jerome v Wenzel (1995 M58)

Johns v Hertlein (1988 M221)

Johnson v M&M Implement/John Deere. Agricultural combine, severe hand injury during servicing (1983 M30)

Kee v Ford (1984 M28)

Kempf v Cooper-Bessemer. Air compressor, arm amputation during servicing (1983 M93)

Kennedy v Solar Engineering (1983 M29)

Kraus v Eggleston et al. (1986 M67)

Lang v Parker Hannifin (1988 M32)

Lumkin v Ford (1984 M34)

Manlift, unauthorized use, fall down shaft (<86 M)

Mays v IMA Machinem Fabriken (1983 M28)

Mechanical power press, double-trip, partial hand amputation (deposition testimony) (<86 M)

Medici v Aluminum Manufacturing (1983 M54)

Mission Nat'l Insurance v Dow (1988 M63)

Motsinger v BHS Inc. (1985 M64)

Mulhaney v American Asphalt (1988 M92)

Multi-cab monorail steel-foundry conveyor, collision, severe burns (<86 M)

Nichols v DuPont (1986 M49)

Nut tapping machine, eye injury due to broken tap (<86 M)

Obsese patient (1996 M124)

Ortega v Fisher Controls D (1995 M114)

Osowski v Spring Ltd. (1988 M42)

Overhead monorail trolley conveyor, broken nose and other injuries (<86 M)

Palmowski v Douglas Dynamics (1988 M55)

Pavlides v AMF (1984 M35)

Power press, inadvertent activation, hand injury (settled prior to testimony) (E)

Power press, inadvertent activation, hand injury (settled prior to testimony) (E)

Recreational boat, collision with second boat, quadriplegia (<86 M)

Recreational boat, sinking, multiple drowning (<86 M)

Rockwell v AJ Industries (1983 M91)

Roessler v Alcan (1995 M153)

Roper Corp. (1983 M26)

Schmehl v Giddings & Lewis. (1988 M35)

Semaan v Zagar (1985 M43)

Service station exit fall (1995 M167)

Sheetmetal press, clearing jam with power on, partial hand amputation (settled prior to testimony) (E)

Spraying solvent-based material in enclosed space, explosion, ignition by electrical device, severe burns (<86 M)

Spring-wire coiling machine, eye injury while clearing jam (<86 M)

Stavale v Clark Equipment (1984 M62)

Steele v Julian Martin (1988 M68)

Travis v IPG (1988 M221)

Walkie forklift truck, caught between truck and post, hand injury (settled prior to trial) (<86 M)

Webb (1988 M221)

Williams v Columbia Machine (1983 M45)

Wilson v Oliver Carr (1988 M47)

Woodworking saw, death due to neck/head injury (<86 M)

Yingst v D. Clark (1988 M73)

Zuellig v Marathon Oil (1988 M38)

Total Project Management:

Hot Water Piping System, Flint, Michigan

Air Conditioning Compressors (160 tons), Flint

Diesel Fire Pump, Detroit, Michigan

Electric Air Compressor (500 cfm), Detroit

Rotary-screw Air Compressors (3), Drayton Plains, Michigan

In-plant Office Fire Protection System, Atlanta, Georgia

Air Conditioning Ductwork Revisions, Flint

Underground Paint Distribution Piping, Flint

Underground Fire Protection Main and City Water Service, Detroit

Electric Hot Water Heater, Detroit

Propane Storage and Vaporization Systems, Louisville, Kentucky; Kansas City, Kansas

Temperature Setback Systems, Louisville; Buffalo, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Bethpage, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Denver, Colorado; Edina, Minnesota; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; Kansas City; Cleveland, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; Livonia, Michigan; Newark, New Jersey

Gas-fired Infrared Heating System, Denver

Office Humidification Boiler, Edina

Gas-fired Unit Heaters, Kansas City

Gas/Oil-fired Boiler Hot Water Space Heating System (800 BoHP) including construction of 2400 square foot Boilerhouse, Edina

Fire Protection and Security Monitoring System, Detroit

In-rack Fire Protection Sprinklers, Detroit

Computerized Energy Management Systems, Lansing, Michigan; Martinsburg, West Virginia; Flint; Drayton Plains; Belleville, Michigan

Participation in Design Teams:

Specifications for Computerized Energy Management System, Pontiac, Michigan

Specifications for Renovation of Newly Purchased 500,000 square foot Facility, Philadelphia

Specifications for Construction of New 500,000 square foot Facility, Reno-Sparks, Nevada