Plant Explosion Forensic Services

Legal, insurance, public utility, energy, petrochemical, and private sectors depend on Bison’s forensic engineering and failure analysis services, field and laboratory testing, and expert testimony for gas explosion investigations, carbon monoxide investigations, electrical fires and electrical failures, structural failures, mechanical failures, and accident reconstructions as noted below:

Fuel Gas Incidents and Fuel Gas Experts

• Fire and Explosion Causation
• Gas Delivery Systems
• Carbon Monoxide Testing and Evaluation
• Carbon Monoxide Production and Migration Investigations
• Piping Evaluation
• Operational Analysis
• Appliance Evaluation
• Code Compliance
• Soil Gas Migration
• Vapor Dispersion
• Plant and Pipeline

Electrical Engineering

• Electrical Fire Investigation
• Electrical Contact and Electrocution
• Electrical Product and Appliance Evaluation
• Vehicle Fire Analysis
• Electrical Distribution and Power System Analysis
• Instrumentation and Control System Failure
• Electrical Testing and Evaluation
• Electrical Products and Appliances Evaluation

Accident Reconstruction

• Complete Accident Investigation
• Vehicle Fire Investigation
• Accident Sequence Reconstruction
• Speed, Time and Distance Calculations
• Crush Damage Determination
• Braking, Steering and Mechanical Analysis, including Tires
• Electrical System and Electronic Component Failures
• Mechanical and Fuel System Failures
• Airbag and Seatbelt Fatalities/Injuries
• Damage Consistency Analysis
• Bodily Injury Analysis
• Occupant Response and Biomechanical Analysis
• Staged Vehicle Impact and Occupant Testing

Mechanical Engineering

• Pipeline and Pressure Vessel Evaluation
• Equipment Design and Operation
• High-Pressure Oilfield Equipment
• Appliance Operation
• Systems Evaluation
• Pump Design and Operation Evaluation
• HVAC Systems Evaluation
• Vehicle Component Failures, such as Braking Systems, Steering, Tires, Seat Belts and Airbags
• High and Low-Pressure Seals
• Plastic Part Design and Manufacture

Biomechanical Engineering

• Low-Speed Vehicular Impact Analysis
• Worker’s Comp and Work-related Injuries
• Personal Injury
• Vehicle Rollovers and Occupant Ejections
• Airbag and Seat Belt Fatalities
• Elevator failures
• Slip and Fall Accidents
• Football Helmet and other Protective Equipment Failures
• Ladder and Stairwell Falls
• Infant Crib Design Inadequacies
• Medical Electronics and Devices
• Any Personal Injury Incident

Fire Investigation and Explosion Analysis

• Origin and Cause
• Scene Documentation
• Collection of Evidence
• Certified Fire Investigator
• Gas Explosion
• Gas Explosion Investigation

Civil Engineering

• Structural Analysis
• Building Design and Construction Evaluation
• Water Intrusion Evaluation
• Environmental Engineering
• Residential and Commercial Foundation Evaluation
• Building Code Evaluations

Computer Graphics

• Video Production
• 3-D Graphics
• Courtroom Presentations
• Pre-trial Hearings

Metallurgical Engineering

• Large Pipeline Explosions
• Vehicle Component Fractures
• Metal Fatigue of Gas Compressor Components
• Electrical Contact Evaluations
• Cracking of Structural Plastics
• Failure Analysis
• Fracture Mechanics and Analysis
• Hardness and Strength Testing
• Chemical Analysis
• Corrosion Evaluation and Analysis
• Stress Evaluations
• Pipeline Contacts
• Piping Failures
• SEM Analysis
• Materials Analysis
• Electron/Optical Microscopy
• X-ray Examination

Specialized Testing

• Recreation of Incidents
• Carbon Monoxide Exposure
• Vehicular Impact Analysis
• Exemplar Testing
• Fire Causation Analysis
• Gas Leaks
• Gas Migration
• Gas Explosion Cause and Origin
• Gas Explosion Investigation
• Carbon Monoxide Investigation