Expert Details
Electrical Accidents, National Electrical Codes, Electrical Safety, and High Voltage Contact
ID: 729108
California, USA
His expertise specialties include the following:
National Electrical Code compliance;
National Electrical Safety Code compliance;
California High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders;
Grounding and Bonding of Electrical Systems;
High-Voltage Utilities, Electrical Line Contact;
Bucket Truck, High Voltage Contact;
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards;
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Product Standards;
Electrical Patent Infringement;
Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Standards;
OSHA Lockout/Tagout of Hazardous Energy.
Researched and reviewed ANSI codes and manufacturers specifications regarding an automatic hospital door installation/operation for a 2008 personal injury case. Expert report review, site inspection settled out of court.Served as an expert witness in a 2006 accidental death case (Federal jurisdiction) involving improper wiring of neutrals and grounding wires. Deposition given, case settled out of court.Researched National Electrical Codes and National Electrical Safety codes for a 1999 personal injury complaint infolving a delivery truck driver coming into contact with a high voltage line. The driver was severely injured by electrocution. The case settled out of court.Researched National safety codes and electric codes, lock out tag out procedures, and OSHA regulations for a 1999 personal injury complaint of a utility worker on a power line pole resulting in loss of limbs. Report written, deposition given, case settled out of court.Developed detailed report on comparative analysis of fire-destroyed wall heater, reportedly removed from the point of origin, or a residential fire for a 1997 personal injury death case (2 complaints) that eventually settled out of court.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1970 | Degree: (N/A) | Subject: National Electrical Codes | Institution: Columbia School of Broadcasting |
| Year: 1969 | Degree: (N/A) | Subject: General | Institution: College of Marin |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1982 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: California Licensed Contractor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Commercial, Industrial and Residential electrical work, including being an expert witness, in a court of law performing electrical accident investigations, and product liability cases. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 2013 | Employer: XNA Airport | Title: Electrician (Arkansas Licensed Contractor) | Department: |
Responsibilities:Electrical installation and maintenance of high and low voltage circuits, security alarms and access controls. During his off work hours, he isa practicing expert witness, in a court of law, performing electrical accident investigations, and product liability cases. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 2013 | Employer: (Eponymous) Electric | Title: Arkansas Licensed Contractor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Commercial, Industrial and Residential electrical work, including being an expert witness, in a court of law performing electrical accident investigations, and product liability cases. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 1996 | Employer: (Eponymous) Electric | Title: Nevada Licensed Contractor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Commercial, Industrial and Residential electrical work, including being an expert witness, in a court of law performing electrical accident investigations, and product liability cases. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1982 to 1982 | Employer: Stanford Liner Accelerator | Title: Journeyman Electrician | Department: |
Responsibilities:He served as Journeyman Electrician. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1981 to 1981 | Employer: Ray Scheidt's Electric | Title: Journeyman Electrician | Department: |
Responsibilities:Union Hall dispatch work. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1981 to 1981 | Employer: Sprig Electric | Title: Journeyman Electrician | Department: |
Responsibilities:Union Hall dispatch work. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1989 to 1989 | Agency: | Role: Emergency Services | Description: Expert performed emergency services for Pacific gas and Electric Power company, for two weeks after the major Loma Pertia earthquake. He disconnected, tested, checked and re-installed the High Voltage power lines, to residential commercial, and industrial services, in the Los Gatos California, area. |
Career Accomplishments
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Active: California Contractor License, 2023 Inactive: Arkansas Nevada |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He has been a practicing expert witness for over 30 years, in a court of law, performing electrical accident investigations and product liability cases. His expert consulting experience includes reviewing depositions, performing accident site investigations, and failure analysis. He has a breadth of knowledge in electrical grounding requirements, National Electrical Code requirements, National Electrical Safety Code requirements, ANSI standards, Electrical Products standards, and Electrical Lock Out and Tag Out procedures. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Electrician's Union, Journeyman's Training course; National Electrical Codes; National Safety Codes; Motor Controls and hookup; Blueprinting; Grounding and Bonding of Electrical Circuits; OSHA, High Voltage and Low Voltage hookups. |
Fields of Expertise
electric conductor failure, electric current, electrical safety, electrical standard, electrical code, electrical safety National Electrical Code, National Electrical Code, bonding wire safe current determination, busbar, electric circuit safety, electric device, electric shock hazard, electrical accident, electrical burnout, electrical connector, electrical construction oversight, electrical equipment, electrical fire, electrical hazard, electrical injury, electrical product, electrical product design, electrical product safety, electrical safety code, electrical safety standard, electrical shock, electrical wiring standard, electrical-wiring code, ground fault, ground fault protection, ground-fault interrupter, National Electrical Manufacturers Association, National Electrical Manufacturers Association standard, OSHA electrical regulation, power line safety, Thomson effect, Underwriters Laboratories electrical standard, Underwriters Laboratories list, electrical cable, electrical grounding