Expert Witness Services for Industrial Machinery
Manufacturing and Machinery Expert Witness Services for Attorneys
William S. Howard, PhD, PE is a manufacturing and machinery expert witness with more than 30 years of experience designing, building and commissioning industrial machinery and automation. He works with attorneys nationwide, for plaintiffs and defendants, in the areas below. Each has its own page with more detail.
Machine Guarding & Safety
Injury cases involving industrial machinery: whether the machine was adequately guarded and met OSHA 1910.212, ANSI B11.0, ANSI B11.19 and ISO 12100.Machine Guarding Page
OSHA & Lockout/Tagout
OSHA machine guarding requirements and the control of hazardous energy under OSHA 1910.147, including lockout/tagout programs, procedures and training.OSHA Page
Breach of Warranty & Contract Disputes
Machinery that fails to meet its specified performance, throughput, efficiency, uptime or OEE, including express and implied warranty claims and failed acceptance testing.Contract Disputes Page
Patents & PTAB
Patent infringement, patent invalidity and PTAB proceedings involving industrial machinery, from an engineer who holds six US patents and three European patents.Patents Page
Trade Secrets
Misappropriation, reverse engineering and independent development of machine designs, control software and manufacturing processes, for trade secret owners and accused parties.Trade Secrets Page
William S. Howard, PhD
