A Level Playing Field
Case Synopsis: While operating his tractor-trailer on a two lane rural road, the driver observed an oncoming passenger vehicle slowly cross the centerline and into his path. Although the tractor-trailer…
Explore The Ferryboat Binghamton
The Reality Capture and Engineering Animation Department at DJS is delighted to share the data we collected from The Ferryboat Binghamton using the interactive platform, Sketchfab. Sketchfab allows you to…
Ice Capades – An Icy Fall on the Railroad Platform
Carl Berkowitz, Ph.D., P.E., Transportation Safety Consultant Case Synopsis: A 47-year-old woman slipped on the icy platform of the train station while boarding a New York City-bound train, causing her…
A Shot to the Eye – Fire Hydrant Failure
John R. Yannaccone, P.E., Principal Mechanical Engineer Incident Description: A water authority worker performed flow testing of a fire hydrant to measure flow rate and pressure. After gathering the measurements,…
Gone Phishing
Timothy R. Primrose, Mobile Forensic Analyst Millions of people have cell phones and use them to send text messages and browse the web daily. Many of these people have also…
Dr. Justin P. Schorr, President, Invites You To Learn About DJS’ New Engineers
Even with the world moving a bit slower around us the past nearly two years, DJS has continued to do our best to ensure that we did not allow ourselves…
Sports Accidents; A Videogrammetry Case Study
DJS was tasked with analyzing surveillance video which captured an unfortunate accident during an indoor recreational volleyball game where a player lost their balance and ran head-first into a padded…
Drywall Debacle on the Construction Site
Lt. Col. Bryan J. Smith, P.E., Construction Site Safety Expert Case Description/Summary: During the construction of a senior care facility, a drywall subcontractor of the general contractor (GC), directed their…
“Range Tip-Over”
John R. Yannaccone, P.E., Principal Mechanical Engineer The Consumer Products Safety Commission indicates an average of 28,300 people are treated in emergency rooms every year due to tip-over incidents and…
