Error Analysis, Inc.
A Human Factors and Safety Consultancy.
Our work involves forensics, expert witness assignments in civil litigation, and projects. For thirty years, we have advised legal, insurance, public, and private clients with our specialized expertise about human behavior, design, and safety.
About
We provide professional services including expertise and analysis based in psychology, systems engineering, and business. Our work includes assessing human capabilities and limitations, analyzing tasks, activities, and environments of use, as well as assessing risk and developing solutions that drive safety and quality.
H. Harvey Cohen formed Error Analysis. Dr. Harvey Cohen’s work significantly advanced the practice of Human Factors and Ergonomics in claims and litigation. This followed a celebrated career of public service, scientific research, consulting, and writing. Among several other books, Harvey is a co-author of Slips, Trips, Missteps, and Falls: Causes and Prevention, 3rd Edition (2021). He entered full retirement in 2023, having retired from consulting with Error Analysis in 2017.
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Our experience includes sworn testimony in trials and other court proceedings about standards, compliance and violations, dangerous conditions and unsafe acts, human behavior, hazard response and avoidance, impairments, fundamentals of biomechanics, and design of warnings, instructions, and other systems for human use. We have been retained by litigants and their legal counsel for professional assignments as an expert in Human Factors for public, private, and insurance clients. Our principal has been named as a retained expert to investigate occupational accidents involving serious injuries and fatalities in various industries, including construction, manufacturing, and healthcare. Our experience includes review of serious injuries and fatalities in public and commercial settings, including but not limited to hospitality, retail, industrial, residential, office, and other facilities.
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HUMAN FACTORS EXPERT
Joseph Cohen, Ph.D. has personally investigated more than a thousand injury cases for legal clients during his 25-year career. Educated in psychology according to the scientist-practitioner model, Dr. Cohen is a consultant trained in the field of Human Factors and seasoned in techniques in applied safety analysis. His career includes work under contract with various businesses, law firms, and legal departments representing private, public, and corporate clients. He is a husband and father of two teens who also enjoys guitars, baseball, and his pet dog Cosmo. He is a board-certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP) and Hazard Control Manager (CHCM).
JOSEPH COHEN, Ph.D.
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Error Analysis, Inc.
5173 Waring Road, Suite 157
San Diego, CA 92120