Error Analysis, Inc.
A Human Factors and Safety Consultancy.
Our mission is to bring understanding, meaning, and safety to the world through design and Human Factors analysis of accident causation and liability. Our work involves forensics, expert witness assignments in civil litigation, and projects. For 30 years, we have advised legal, insurance, corporate, and public clients with our specialized expertise.
Serious Injuries and Fatalities
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We provide professional services including expertise and analysis based in applied psychology, systems engineering, and business. Our work includes studying human factors in accidents, analyzing environments, tasks, and activities, and assessing risk to develop solutions that drive safety and quality.
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We provide consultations in litigation regarding human factors in design, human characteristics, human performance capabilities, performance limitations, human error, safety management, and risk. We have reviewed accidents involving serious injuries and fatalities in various industries such as hospitality, transportation, construction, manufacturing, military, and healthcare. Such events occurred in various settings, including traffic, public and commercial establishments, retail, industrial, residential, office, recreational, and other specialized facilities.
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HUMAN FACTORS EXPERT
Joseph Cohen is a human factors professional who specializes in safety and forensics. A consulting ergonomist turned expert witness, he has personally worked more than a thousand injury cases for legal clients during his 25-year career, having addressed issues of causation and liability in crashes, falls, exposures and other events. Educated according to the scientist-practitioner model, Joe is trained in investigation and analysis techniques rooted in Human Factors and systems engineering. His career achievements include projects as a safety professional under contract with various businesses, law firms, and legal departments representing private, public, and corporate clients. Dr. Cohen is a dedicated volunteer, having served in leadership positions in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics, and Foundation for Professional Ergonomics. 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, PhD
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Error Analysis, Inc.
5173 Waring Road, Suite 157
San Diego, CA 92120