Forensic Sciences

The evaluation of safe products, workplaces, and processes is a most difficult task. It may include elements of accident reconstruction where there have been physical failures, and human factors analysis where there have been cognitive and anthropometric problems. Codes, standards, regulations, state‑of‑the art, and custom and practice may also play a role.

Forensic science techniques provide the technical basis for evaluating litigation issues and property losses. These techniques may simply be dimensional measurements, photographic documentation, or may include advanced analytical methods.

"Forensic science" often involves documentation and application of engineering science and physical principles to provide evidence of events or conditions. These methods try to answer the questions of how, why, and when and may be applied to situations where only technical methods can establish the logical sequence of events based on evidence.

Forensic tools may include accident reconstruction, evaluation of time sequences, physical and computer simulations, and dimensional analysis.

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