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How to Get The Slip and Fall “Expert” Witness Testimony from an English XL VIT and Brungraber Mark IIIB User Thrown Out of Court

Slip and fall expert witnesses in the United States frequently rely on either the English XL Variable Incidence Tribometer (VIT) or the Brungraber Mark IIIB. What is troubling is that neither instrument currently has a published, peer-reviewed ASTM test method in force in any country, and both trace back to ASTM standards (F1677 and F1679) … Continue reading “How to Get The Slip and Fall “Expert” Witness Testimony from an English XL VIT and Brungraber Mark IIIB User Thrown Out of Court”

ASTM E303-22 Revolutionizes Floor Slip Resistance Testing in the USA

Floor slip resistance tests in the USA have historically been written by the members of the ASTM F13 committee. Comprised mostly of expert “liars for hire” that exclusively work for slip and fall attorneys, and representatives of the flooring industry, these tests have been based on either no science, or very little shady science. The … Continue reading “ASTM E303-22 Revolutionizes Floor Slip Resistance Testing in the USA”

Pool Deck Slip Standard would Create Jobs for Lawyers and Emergency Room Doctors

A swimming pool deck slip resistance standard is proposed that if adopted will cause hundreds of millions of dollars of misspent investment; lead to thousands of slip and fall accidents, many with life-changing injuries; cost hundreds of millions in medical bills and other losses; and lead to far too many premature deaths due to injuries … Continue reading “Pool Deck Slip Standard would Create Jobs for Lawyers and Emergency Room Doctors”

2022 Revised ANSI A326.3 Has Five Situation-Specific DCOF Minimums — And Crucial Caveats Which Make This Test Inappropriate as a Floor Safety Test

In February of 2022, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) issued a revised version of their “Test Method for Measuring Dynamic Coefficient of Friction of Hard Surface Flooring Materials.” The test method is called ANSI A326.3, and it sets a very low bar for DCOF in various flooring areas. Slip and fall accidents will likely … Continue reading “2022 Revised ANSI A326.3 Has Five Situation-Specific DCOF Minimums — And Crucial Caveats Which Make This Test Inappropriate as a Floor Safety Test”