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Jan. '08 Expert of the Month |
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Expert of the Month
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Expert of the Month: Sean Shideh Mr. Shideh is a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in California. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arizona. Mr. Shideh’s experience includes federal motor vehicle safety compliance tests, full-scale automotive crash tests and documentation. While employed by a major insurance carrier, he conducted vehicle performance evaluations and safety defect investigations in addition to acting as liaison with government, industry, universities, research organizations, media and consumer groups. As a senior and a principal engineer for Nissan, he monitored vehicle compliance issues and implemented recall campaigns on issues identified, and performed engineering investigations in the Chassis & Brake Group to identify and improve chassis and brake related concerns. His expertise for GEI includes vehicle safety performance, vehicle component testing and failure analysis, structural and mechanical component testing, and chassis/brake failure incident investigations. |
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Nov. '07 President's Message |
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President's Corner
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President's Message: Safety First or Look Out Below...
The gas station up the corner from our office was torn down and a new section of single story retail stores are under construction. About a month ago, as I waited at a red light, I watched the construction crew tilt up a prefabricated exterior wall. They used a forklift (ok) and a scissors lift (not ok) to tilt it up. There was one fellow standing on the forks (15 feet in the air) tugging vigorously at fabric straps that fastened the wall to the forks, in a vain effort to release them. He wore no safety harness.
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Nov. '07 Case of the Month |
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Case of the Month
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The case of the month concerns a residential in-ground swimming pool. On the day of a pool party for his kids, the insured accidentally spilled 5 gallons of dry chlorine powder into his pool. For those of us who are not familiar with pool maintenance procedures, 2 to 3 cups per 50,000 liters added twice weekly during the hot swimming season would be a ballpark measure to achieve the goal of 2 ppm, all other things being equal. The pool was not immediately drained, nor were any countermeasures taken that would have neutralized the chlorine.
Three weeks later, the insured turned in a claim to his insurance company that his 5-year-old pool heater was beginning to leak. Generally pool plumbing is PVC and should not be affected. GEI was assigned to investigate.
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