Curtis Chambers, MS-OSH, CSP provides OSHA expert witness services, consulting expert services, and litigation support for attorneys, insurance companies, employers, governmental entities, and self-insured organizations throughout the United States.
With more than four decades of occupational safety and health experience and involvement in hundreds of OSHA-related matters, Mr. Chambers assists clients in understanding complex workplace safety issues, OSHA requirements, accident causation factors, employer responsibilities, and accepted industry safety practices.
Because of a thorough screening and conflict review process, expert witness engagements represent a limited portion of Mr. Chambers’ overall professional activities, allowing each matter to receive substantial attention and analysis.
How an OSHA Expert Witness or Consulting Expert Can Assist Your Case
Occupational safety and health litigation often involves technical issues that require specialized knowledge of OSHA regulations, workplace safety practices, hazard recognition, accident investigation, and safety management systems. Early involvement of a qualified OSHA expert witness can often help identify critical safety issues, focus discovery efforts, evaluate technical claims, and support informed litigation strategy decisions
Services may include:
- Case evaluation and consultation
- OSHA compliance analysis
- Workplace accident investigation review
- Accident causation analysis
- Safety program evaluation
- Employee training evaluation
- OSHA citation review
- Expert report preparation
- Rebuttal report preparation
- Review of opposing expert reports
- Consulting expert services
- Deposition testimony
- Trial testimony
- Ongoing litigation support
Why Attorneys Retain Curtis Chambers, MS-OSH, CSP
Attorneys often seek experts who combine practical workplace experience with advanced safety education and recognized professional credentials.
Mr. Chambers’ experience includes:
Occupational Safety Leadership
- Owner of OSHA training and consulting companies
- Corporate Safety Director for a Fortune 500 organization
- Employee Safety Coordinator for a major municipality
- Safety Officer for a State OSHA Consultation Program
- Vice President of Operations for a structural steel fabrication and construction company
Professional Credentials
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainer (construction and general industry)
- Professional member of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)
Extensive Training and Education
- Southeastern Oklahoma State University
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- Master of Science – Occupational Safety and Health (4.0 GPA)
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- U.S. Department of Labor – OSHA Training Institute
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- Initial OSHA Compliance Officer Training Course
- Federal Construction Standards Course for Compliance Officers
- On-Site Consultation Course
- Industrial Noise Course
- Analytical Laboratory Orientation Course
- Oil and Gas Operations: Health and Safety Course
- Workplace Back Injury Prevention Course
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- OSHA Education Center (UTA)
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- OSHA 3095 – Electrical Standards (26 hours)
- OSHA 3010 – Excavation, Trenching & Soil Mechanics (24 hours)
- OSHA 3115 – Fall Protection (22.5 hours)
- OSHA 3085 – Principles of Scaffolding (22.5 hours)
- OSHA 500 (10/30-hour Construction Trainer course)
- OSHA 501 (10/30-hour General Industry Trainer course)
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OSHA and Litigation Experience
- Retained in hundreds of OSHA-related cases
- Experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants
- Deposition testimony experience
- Trial testimony experience
- Expert report preparation
- Review of opposing expert opinions
Plaintiff and Defense Representation
Mr. Chambers has provided services for both plaintiff and defense counsel.
Approximate representation history:
- Plaintiff matters: 30%
- Defense matters: 70%
This balanced experience provides familiarity with the approaches, arguments, and safety issues frequently raised by both sides of occupational safety litigation.
Industries and Case Types
Cases have involved a wide variety of industries and work environments, including:
- Construction
- Demolition
- Manufacturing
- Steel fabrication
- Warehousing
- Transportation
- Aerospace / Defense
- Utilities
- Chemical / refinery operations
- Oil and gas operations
- Wind and Solar power
- Municipal / County / State / Federal operations
- Commercial facilities
- General industry
Frequently Encountered OSHA Topics
Cases commonly involve:
- Fall protection and prevention
- Permit-required confined space entry operationsonfined spaces
- Excavation and trenching
- Lockout/tagout
- Machine guarding
- Electrical safety
- Scaffolding
- Forklifts and powered industrial trucks
- Cranes and hoists / Material handling equipment
- Aerial lifts, scissor lifts, and MEWPs
- Hazard communication
- Personal protective equipment
- Respiratory protection
- Painting / sandblasting
- Safety training
- Occupational noise exposure / Hearing conservation
- OSHA recordkeeping
- Structural steel erection
- Excavation work / Trench cave-in prevention
- Oil and gas operations
- Cutting and welding
- Contractor safety
- Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) / Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
- Walking-working surfaces
- OSHA multi-employer worksite citation policy
- OSHA general duty clause
- Accident investigations
Review of Expert Reports – Pro-active and Reactive
In addition to case evaluation and generating written expert witness reports, attorneys retain Mr. Chambers specifically to evaluate reports prepared by other retained and opposing OSHA experts or safety consultants.
These reviews may identify:
- Misinterpretation of OSHA standards
- Unsupported conclusions
- Deficiencies in accident analysis
- Failure to consider applicable industry practices
- Incomplete hazard assessments
- Technical inaccuracies
- Unsupported assumptions
This process can help both Plaintiff and Defense attorneys, as well as insurance companies, better understand the strengths and weaknesses of expert opinions before filing complaints, or conducting depositions, mediation, arbitration, or trial.
Request a CV & Fee Schedule or Case Evaluation
If you would like to discuss the general facts of a case, request a curriculum vitae (CV), obtain a fee schedule, or determine whether your matter may be appropriate for expert witness or consulting expert services, CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW.
Need OSHA Guidance Without Retaining an Expert Witness?
Not every OSHA issue requires formal expert witness services.
For attorneys, employers, safety professionals, and organizations seeking practical OSHA compliance guidance, Curtis Chambers, MS-OSH, CSP offers professional OSHA consulting and advice by Zoom (or telephone).
Whether you have questions regarding OSHA citations, workplace safety programs, accident investigations, employee training requirements, or other compliance concerns, expert assistance is available in convenient scheduled sessions.
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