The Kilpatrick Group, PA provides information pertaining to accidents that occur in work environments that result in personal injury or death, product or production loss or adverse environmental impacts.

Gary E. Kilpatrick, PE, DFE has approximately 21 years of experience working in industry and has been heavily involved in manufacturing and process engineering, design engineering, ISO internal auditing, quality control ISO 9001:2000, OSHA safety 29CFR1910, 29CFR1926 and 29CFR1928, ANSI, ISO, ASTM, ASSE and ASME safety standards, safety issues and management.

We provide the following industrial accident reconstruction

• Automotive
• Aircraft
• Metal CNC Machining, Cutting, Turning, Shaping and Grinding
• Sheet Metal Fabrication, Forming and Punching
• Textiles Manufacturing
• Furniture Manufacturing
• Poultry and Animal Processing
• Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Manufacturing
• High Pressure Injection Molding Manufacturing
• Automated and Manual Assembly Manufacturing
• Warehousing/Shipping/Receiving/Loading Docks
• Warehouse Management Systems
• Material Handling both Manual Forklifts and AGV’s
• Overhead Cranes and Hoists
• Mobile Cranes
• Material Handling
• Construction Equipment
• Agriculture Operations Equipment
• Fluid Pumping and Piping Systems
• Slitting Processes
• Welding Processes
• Power and Manual Hand Tools
• Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturing

• All OSHA 29CFR1910, 29CFR1926 and 29CFR1928 Safety Regulations and Industrial Safety Standards and Safety Requirements
• USDA Requirements 9 CFR 416, 417, 500
• USDA Hygiene Requirements For The Design of Meat and Poultry Process Equipment 3-A Standard
• Machine Guarding
• Hazard Identification
• Signage
• Machine Lockout/Tagout System Requirements
• Safety Labeling
• Workplace Human Factors/Ergonomics
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Personnel Training and Documentation Requirements
• Risk Assessment
• Standard of Care For The Workplace and the Maintenance of Process Equipment

Material Handling/Shipping/Receiving/Warehouse/Loading Docks and Cranes

• Forklifts
• Manlifts
• Cranes
• Ladders
• Conveyors
• Dock Levelers
• Loading Docks
• Safety Equipment
• Product Storage Platforms
• Manual and Automatic Material Handling
• Automatically Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
• Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
• Warehousing/Shipping/Receiving/Loading Docks
• Jib Cranes
• Cantilever Gantry Cranes
• Floor Operated Cranes
• Gantry Cranes
• Overhead Traveling Cranes
• Slip and Fall Accident
• Personal Protective Equipment

Product Defect and Failure Analysis Investigation For Manufacturing Equipment and Components

• Unsafe Machinery Determination
• Defective Machinery and Machine Components Determination
• Fatigue and Catastrophic Failure Analysis
• Strength of Material Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Standard of Care For The Workplace and the Maintenance of Process Equipment

Construction Sites

• All 29CFR1926 Construction Industry Safety Regulations
• Powered and Manual Hand Tools
• Cranes, Forklifts, Tractors and Earth Movers
• Mobile Hydraulic Cranes
• Truck-Mounted Cranes
• Wheel-Mounted Cranes
• Flatbed Truck Mounted Cranes
• Commercial Truck-Mounted Remote Control Cranes
• Trolley Boom Cranes
• Crawler-Mounted Latticework Boom Cranes
• Tower Cranes
• Jib Cranes
• Cantilever Gantry Cranes
• Floor Operated Cranes
• Gantry Cranes
• Overhead Traveling Cranes
• Power Operated Cranes
• Pulpit Operated Cranes
• Remote Operated Cranes
• Scaffolding
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Ladder

Agriculture Operations

• All 29CFR1928 Agriculture Industry Safety Regulation
• Farming Machines
• Ladders
• Powered and Manual Hand Tools