On the Farm.
Our professional engineers are concerned with, and understand the importance of, creating and maintaining a safe and healthy environment for growing and raising agricultural commodities and for the laborers who produce them. We conduct investigations involving the systems, processes and machines that interact with humans in the agricultural industry.
Our experts analyze health and injury data, the use and possible misuse of machines, and equipment compliance with standards and regulation. We constantly look for ways in which the safety of equipment, materials and agricultural practices can be improved and for ways in which safety and health issues can be communicated to the public.
From the field to the plate and the numerous steps along the way.
Our experts provide strong technical capabilities in field practices, in-plant processing, thermal processing, frozen processing, quality control, regulatory enforcement, sanitation, packaging, shipping, distribution and handling to this multi-faceted business. The 300 million people in the USA consume 1 billion servings of food daily at home, in restaurants, at fast food stores, and in institutional settings. Our experts investigate, analyze, test and research to develop opinions about issues such as product spoilage, foreign material entry, container integrity, regulatory compliance and processing procedures.
Agricultural Engineering is the application of engineering principles to any process associated with producing agriculturally based goods.
- Machine Interlock – Expert Opinion Integral in $510,000 Settlement
A butcher was seriously injured at work. The victim was standing between filling and canning machines, loading stacks of lids, when his supervisor asked him to hand over a tool; when the butcher reached over and between the two machines his jacket got caught on the rotating power take-off shaft, resulting in multiple fractures to his right arm.
Robson Forensic expert, Bart Eckhardt, P.E., opined that the machine manufacturer failed to provide an interlock for the power take-off shaft guard and that the manufacturer failed to ensure the power take-off shaft guard was with the machine when the equipment was resold to the plaintiff’s employer. The absence of a shaft guard exposed the plaintiff to an unreasonable hazard and was a cause of his injury.
The case settled for $510,000 in mediation.
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- Prepared Foods: Fast & Easy for the Consumer, but Prepared Safely?
Food Safety Expert: Barry Parsons, FMP
While dealing with reduced labor and, simultaneously, the expectation to become more efficient and productive, retailers are concerned about preparing food safely. It is imperative that their employees use food safety processes and procedures accurately, without taking shortcuts.
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- Agricultural Machinery Operator Safety
Presents an alternative way of looking at Agricultural Safety, that is, by applying
Forensic lnvestigation, forensic Engineering, and Forensic Science techniques to
accidents and illnesses specifically involving the operator.
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- Robson Forensic Brochure
Robson Forensic has been providing high quality and professional forensic engineering, architectural, scientific and
investigative services throughout the United States since 1987. Robson Forensic provides expertise in a broad range of forensic and technical disciplines.
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