Accident Investigations — United States

Mr. Melcher has experience, education, and training in the fields of mechanical engineering, transportation engineering, and forensic engineering.

Investigation of automotive/tire business standards-of-care, inspection of tires, a Has inspected over 2600 vehicles - numerous depo/trials.Plaintiff expert on $27 million jury verdict against Wal*Mart for failure to inspect a tire.

Forensic engineering services relative to consumer and industrial products, motor vehicles and construction equipment. Accident analysis and evaluation of contributing factors.

Mechanical failure analysis and accident reconstruction; analysis of vehicle collisions and vehicle response to operator input; dynamics, impact, and vibration; analysis of solids and fluids; tire mechanics and design; physics and computer models; etc.

Emeritus Professor, Consultant in Education & Psychology, Licensed educational psychologist provide litigation support in special education matters, particularly those relating to negligent school supervision.

Experienced electrical lineman and linemen supervisor provides expert witness opinions and trail testimony in electric power transmission and distribution construction, operation and maintenance, including electrical accidents, OSHA compliance issues.

Provides forensic engineering and expert witness services in matters involving automobiles, trucks, industrial machinery and processes, farm vehicles and equipment, including accident investigation and reconstruction, product liability assessments,

Chemical process safety expert witness, experienced in compliance, risk analysis and accident investigations, in hazard identification studies, risk assessments and audits, OSHA compliance reviews and audits, runaway reactions, highly hazardous chemicals

Collision reconstruction and animation. Expert witness services regarding all collisions. Private investigative services to include personal injury, domestic, criminal, fraud, executive protection, consultation services, process service and more.

Provides analysis of motor vehicle collision events, impact severity, occupant motion, vehicle dynamics and the highway/vehicle/driver. Lighting and design, product defect, as well as traffic engineering and highway work zones.

Human factors and product safety engineer provides expert witness services in the areas of: product design and safety; hazard risk analysis; OSHA standards and compliance; warnings, guards/technical manuals; conspicuity/PRT and accident investigations.

Provides accident investigation and reconstruction and expert testimony in the fields of Mechancal engineering and Architecture. Interest areas include, General Aviation, Snow Skiing, Architecture, ADA. Investigation & reconstruction, expert testimony

Lifting Equipment/Cranes, Industrial Machines, and Heavy Equipment expert provides accident investigations, forensic engineering, inspection, analysis, and expert witness services. Executive/CEO experience in a range of equipment manufacturing firms.

35 years building hotels, shopping centers, industrial, public works and residential construction. 16 years as Consultant and Expert Witness. 200 cases in 30 states: construction accidents, construction litigation , OSHA

Extensive experience in aviation accident investigation and reconstruction. Commercial pilot (48+ years), Past Chairman of the ALPA National Accident Investigation Board and IFALPA Accident Analysis Comm. BS Physics, MS Mech & Aero Engineering.

Energy, oil and gas, petrochemicals, energy, engineering consultant, provides: accident investigations; determination of cause; opinions on economic, technical and engineering; environmental health and safety, utilities and pipelines

Provides collision investigation, analysis and accident reconstruction services, including scene maps, vehicle inspections, photographs, witness interviews, interviews of involved parties, police interviews. Retired Trooper, Pennsylvania State Police

Provides accident investigation and forensic engineering services in: arc flash; electrocution; industrial control systems; machinery control; process instrumentation and control ; electrical system involved in fires; arson investigations (electrical);

Nat’l forensic engineering & fire investigation firm offering a complete range of services throughout the United States for a wide range of mechanical, civil & electrical failure analysis, fire investigation & accident reconstruction.

Serving insurance companies and law firms since 1999, A. D. Stokes, LLC, (ADS)is a forensic consulting firm that specializes in accident investigation and accident reconstruction, as well as diagrams, video and photographic demonstrative aids.

Aviation consultant expert witness in issues of: air traffic services, procedures, pilot experience and aircraft accident investigations, specializes in the analysis of FAA air traffic control service and procedures. Retired FAA Air Traffic Manager

Consultant in Biomechanics, Ergonomics, Human Factors and Product Development matters, in industrial, sports, government, private enterprise, medical institutions, and aerospace issues, provides expert witness opinions and trial testimony

Mechanical engineer provides accident investigation and reconstruction services for oil field, automotive, trucking, boating, aviation, and ATV incidents, including analysis of vehicle fuel systems, crash data retrieval, Finite Element Analysis.

Mechanical engineer specialized in accident reconstruction (20+ yr) provides litigation support services, including crash data retrieval.

Provides vehicle forensic analysis, crash investigation/reconstruction services, including vehicle computer system analysis, braking system analysis, operation analysis, commercial vehicle issues, commercial vehicle downloads, tire analysis, air brakes

Provides forensic mechanical engineering support in accident investigations and reconstructions, failure analysis and process simulation, specialized in cranes, rigging, aerial devices, conveyors, forklifts, scissors lifts, hydraulic and pneumatic systems