Expert Reports
Select the following headings to learn more about the expert reports our team can generate for your business needs.
Expert Services
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SAFEgroup provides the following services to our Legal and Professional clients:
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High quality researched and referenced Expert Witness Reports for both public liability and workplace injury matters displaying detailed analysis of the incident and the application of industry knowledge -
Site inspections and technical reviews -
Interviews to assess factual and technical evidence relating to the incident -
High level client assistance undertaken by skilled legal administrators -
Continuing technical opinion and assistance -
Secure storage and record keeping to maintain evidentiary material -
Attendance at Court Hearings to provide Expert Witness opinion -
Provision of specialist laboratory assessment & analysis of material evidence -
Collection of scientific data and evidence using calibrated technical equipment, including; high resolution digital cameras, WESSEX Pendulum Slip Tester, Tortus, noise dosimetry measuring equipment, L.V/H.V electrical safety equipment, Lux meters, Calibrated force measuring tools, thermal imaging cameras, video recording/editing equipment, laser surveying, vibration analysis, biomechanical loading software, electronic data recording software.
Expert Reports
Our Experts currently prepare in excess of 200 Expert Witness Reports each year to assist in workplace injury and public liability matters for many litigation firms across Australia.
Since SAFEgroup’s establishment in 2000, our Experts have produced over 1500 reports and have gathered extensive experience in analysing and determining injury causation and preventability.
Workplace Incidents
Reporting on all manner of Workplace Incidents by SAFEgroup's Expert Opinion & Litigation team.
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Workplace Health & Safety Management System (WHSMS) failures -
All facets of construction, mining and process industry safety systems failures -
Electrical safety -
Mobile plant failures & mobile equipment damage -
Plant and equipment failure & design analysis -
Fall prevention & safe working at heights analysis -
Hazardous manual task injuries, patient handling & system failures -
Analysis of slips, trips & falls using calibrated testing equipment -
Development of Original Equipment Manufacturer instructions & warnings for products -
Traffic management -
Load restraint assessments/verification -
Analysis of light aspects using calibrated electronic lux meters, time lapse video and lux meters -
Incidents involving asphyxiation and/or atmospheric contamination -
Building defects and compliance obligations -
Workplace bullying and psychological injuries -
Fires and explosions -
Analysis of automated systems software -
Determination of Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) -
Determination of machine guarding failures -
Determination of adequacy or otherwise of presence sensing systems (software and hardware) -
Assessment of machine PLC system errors.
Public Liability Incidents
SAFEgroup’s public liability reports address common law claims and matters of negligence relating to physical, psychological and fatal injuries, and provide comment on risk management principles, legislated obligations and analysis of Safety Standards, Codes of Practice, Building Codes and industry guidelines.
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Analysis of slips, trips & falls using calibrated testing equipment -
Building structural integrity, defects and compliance obligations -
Events management obligations -
Plant and equipment failures -
Product liability -
Property matters, tenancy rights and obligations -
Recreation and sporting incidents -
Patient and aged care -
Educational facilities and institutions -
Workplace Health & Safety Management System (WHSMS).
Our Approach
SAFEgroup’s Experts have a broad range of skills, qualifications, expertise and experience covering all facets of work health and safety and public liability to determine causation and liability for workplace incidents and public liability claims.
SAFEgroup’s Experts display multifaceted expertise which extend beyond specific industry sectors and are able to provide key detail and technical analysis of the contributing factors leading to injury.
SAFEgroup prides itself on the high quality of work and the inclusion of detailed evidence based reporting, unbiased opinions and developed hypothesis which is achieved through detailed analysis, research and peer reviews.
Expert Team
The SAFEgroup team also includes certified functional safety engineers with extensive experience in machinery, safety instrumented systems and telemetry, PLC and SCADA.
Our Experts currently prepare in excess of 200 Expert Witness Reports each year on workplace injury and public liability matters for many litigation firms across Australia.
Our multidisciplinary professional team allows SAFEgroup to provide Expert Witness Reports with a multi-faceted perspective.
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