Homer R. Peterson II, P.E., CSP - Personal injury, accidents and safety expert witness

Based inHouston, Texas

Main fieldPersonal injury, accidents and safety

Areas of expertise33 listed

About Homer R. Peterson II, P.E., CSP

Homer R. Peterson II, P.E., CSP specializes in occupational health and safety management systems, standards of care, wrongful death, personal injury, negligence, construction, safety, falls from elevation, fall protection, OSHA matters, and steel erection. He has over 40 years of construction and safety experience (17 union, 23 non-union) on over 350 projects in 21 states and territories of the United States including airports, bridges, casinos, convention centers, convocation centers, distribution centers, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing facilities, office buildings, paper mills, pharmaceutical plants, power plants, prisons, refineries, schools, stores, shopping malls, sports arenas, steel mills, and warehouses.

Services

Homer R. Peterson II, P.E., CSP provides consulting services to attorneys, insurance carriers, construction companies, and companies engaged in general industry. Services are offered as a subject matter expert, expert witness, and safety consultant. Mr. Peterson also serves as an arbitrator through the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

Services:
Subject Matter Expert
Expert Witness
Safety Consultant Construction, General Industry, and OSHA matters
Construction Consultant
Arbitrator American Arbitration Association (AAA) Construction Panel

Litigation Support Services

Consultant, subject matter expert, and expert witness in the fields of construction and safety

Areas of Expertise

Accident
Accident Analysis
Accident Investigation
Accident Prevention
Accident Reconstruction
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration
Bridges
Construction
Construction Accidents
Construction Claims

Construction Disputes
Construction Injuries
Construction Safety
Engineering Structural
Fall Protection
Guardrails
Holes, Hole Covers, and Skylights
Ladders
Loss Prevention
OSHA
OSHA Construction

OSHA Violations
Personal Injury
Precast Erection
Safety
Safety Management
Safety OSHA
Slip and Fall
Steel Erection
Structural Failure
Structural Steel
Wrongful Death

Profile

Throughout Mr. Peterson's career that has included more than 350 projects located in 21 U.S. states and territories, he has observed the policies, programs, procedures, standard practices, and best practices of more than 80 general contractors and numerous specialty contractors. Projects have included new construction, demolition, and renovation work for owners, construction managers, general contractors, and fabricators. Work classification percentages (approximate) - Commercial Projects 55%, Industrial Projects 45%.

Mr. Peterson's work has included erection or installation of structural steel, precast, tilt-wall panels, miscellaneous steel, metal floor deck, metal siding, metal roofing, gauge metal flashing, gauge metal gutters, shear connectors, shear studs, hollow core planking, bolts, welds, bar joists, joist girders, grating, handrails, and setting of equipment.

Experience - Construction - 40 years in construction, construction safety, fall protection, falls from height, cranes & rigging, steel erection, precast erection, tilt-wall erection, bar joist & joist girder installation, installation of metal deck, heavy equipment installation, installation of miscellaneous steel

Experience - Safety - 20 years in charge of occupational health & safety management systems including creation of programs, policies, procedures, and safe work practices

Experience - High-rise Construction - Mr. Peterson has participated in the construction of 21 buildings of 35 stories or more in height (tallest 75 stories, 65 stories)

Experience - Cranes & Rigging - almost every project involving Mr. Peterson required the use of hoisting equipment such as lattice-boom crawler cranes, lattice-boom truck cranes, telescopic-boom hydraulic cranes, carry-deck cranes, tower cranes, guy derricks, stiffleg derricks, chicago booms, gin poles, monkey poles, winch poles, roustabouts, single-drum hoisting engines, double-drum hoisting engines, overhead cranes, and/or forklifts.

Industry Service - Mr. Peterson has served the construction industry for over 40 years. He has served on numerous national, state, and local committees for organizations such as the following:

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
Associated General Contractors (AGC)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, & Reinforcing Iron Workers
National Erectors Association (NEA)
Texas Building Branch (TBB)

Rulemaking - Mr. Peterson testified before the following committees during their respective negotiated rulemaking hearings:

Steel Erection Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee (SENRAC) - Washington, D.C. - 11/12/1998 Crane and Derrick Advisory Committee (CDAC) - Phoenix, AZ - 06/02/2004

Teacher/Trainer - Mr. Peterson has taught the OSHA 3115 Fall Protection class through the University of Texas at Arlington's OSHA Training Institute Education Center and has volunteered his services as a trainer on many occasions for training sessions for the following: