Slip, Trip, and Fall Forensic Engineering Investigations
Serving Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, Putnam, and Westchester.
Professional Engineers can determine the cause(s) of a slip, trip, and fall accident. A Professional Engineer can also determine which codes and standards are violated, whether the owner created the hazard, whether a pedestrian injury is foreseeable, and so on.
Many accidents and injuries occur because of building or site defects. Among the services Harold Krongelb PE performs are investigations and reports on slip, trip, and fall, and other accidents caused by defects. Harold Krongelb PE has investigated many slip, trip, and fall accidents and resulting injuries at a wide variety of sites, such as restaurants, parks, museums, office buildings, homes, apartment buildings, outside steps, sidewalks, playgrounds, and more.
Walkway, Sidewalk, and Path Accidents
Step, Handrail, and Stairway Accidents
Stairways, steps, paths, sidewalks, walkways, and parking lots at these locations are prone to defects such as irregular surfaces, improper handrails, poor or improper maintenance, improper design, improper construction, unsafe equipment, improper maintenance, and improper repairs.
Misleading Coefficient of Friction Measurements
Building codes are designed to protect the public. In addition, numerous standards have been published covering virtually all aspects of modern life. These standards also serve to help protect the public.
In many cases, the City of New York Codes, the State of New York Building Codes, or other codes are applicable. Including code references in the reports makes clear how the code violation contributed to the injury and how following the applicable codes would have helped prevent the accident and injury.
When conducting slip, trip, and fall investigations, Harold Krongelb, PE, analyzes the site and determines the cause of the accident and the resulting injury. If appropriate, photographs and measurements are taken to document the site conditions. It is then determined which codes and standards are applicable and how site conditions violate them.
After the research, a report is prepared describing the site conditions, the cause of the slip, trip, and fall accident, and the code and reference standard violated. The reports are clearly written and help all parties understand the cause of the accident and injury.
