Curriculum Vitae
David K. Merrifield, C.S.P.
4515 Stonecrest Terrace
St. Joseph, MO 64506
(816)-364-1540 (office and Fax)
(816)-364-4024 (home)
e-mail: dmerrifi@stjoelive.com
PROFESSION
2002 to present
Safety Consultant and Expert Witness
Consulting with manufacturers, owners and users of machinery concentrating on safe design, safe use, warnings, instructions, risk management and defending the product.
Expert witness testimony concerning government and industry standards, warnings, instructions, maintenance and inspections, misuse, hazards and hazard control, duties of parties, fall protection, safety devices, product recalls and service bulletins. 1998 to 2002
Corporate Director of Product Safety Omniquip-Textron
Managing risk and producing safe product and promoting safe use through product safety programs including hazard analysis, proper warnings and instructions, safety and operation training, public education, and public relations relating to safety.
Products include Personnel lifting Devices (Aerial Work Platforms), Telescopic Material Handlers (Rough Terrain Fork Trucks) and Skid Steer Loaders.
Developing standards for safe design and use of product worldwide.
Litigation and liability management, company representation and testimony. 1991 to 1998
Director of Product Safety Snorkel International Inc.
Summary duties same as above but at division level.
EDUCATION
Degrees - Certificate in Industrial Management - Aurora University
- B.A. Business & Economics - Aurora University
- M.A. Philosophy and Economics - Northern Illinois University
Continuing education - OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Certification Course
- OSHA Materials Handling and Storage for General Industry
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Engineering
- Establishing and Implementing the Product Safety Program
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
- The Role of Hazard Analysis in Evaluating Product Safety
- The Role of Warnings and Instructions
- Equipment Manufacturers Institute's Product Safety Seminar (8 consecutive years attendance)
- Defense Research Institute's Products Liability Seminars
- American Bar Association Warnings Seminar
- American Society of Safety Engineers - Ergonomics Course
- 4 years directed independent study in preparation for certifications - science, engineering, ergonomics
- AWPT (Aerial Work Platform Training Inc.) Operator and Instructor courses
- 1-1/2 years of Law school - Nashville School of Law
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1959-1991
30 years in industrial management including Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Plant management and Operations management.
CERTIFICATIONS
- Certified Safety Professional - Comprehensive Practice
- Certified Safety Professional - Ergonomics
- IPAF (International Powered Access Federation) Approved Instructor - Aerial Lifts
- IPAF Demonstrator - Mast Climbers
AWARDS
- Scaffold Industry Association - 1998 Outstanding Council Chairman
- Scaffold Industry Association - 2000 Coupling Pin Award for outstanding service to the industry
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Chairman of the Scaffold Industry Associations Aerial Platform Council
- American Society of Safety Engineers
- System Safety Society
- Equipment Manufacturer's Institute eight-year member of Product Safety Committee (no longer active)
- Construction Division of the National Safety Council
- North American Society of Scaffolding Professionals
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Standards - Chairman of the American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) A92 main committee for Aerial Work Platforms
- Past Vice-Chairman of the American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) A92 main committee for Aerial Work Platforms Member of ANSI
- Past member of the ANSI A92.3 subcommittee for Manually Propelled Work Platforms
- Member of the ANSI A92.2 subcommittee for Vehicle Mounted Work Platforms
- Member of the ANSI A92.6 subcommittee Self Propelled Aerial Work Platforms
- Member of the ANSI A92.5 subcommittee Self Propelled Aerial Work Platforms
- Member of the ANSI interpretations committee for Self Propelled Aerial Work Platforms
- Chairman of the ANSI ad hoc committee on fall protection
- Chairman of the ANSI ad hoc committee on reorganization of A92.2 subcommittees
- Member of U.S. Technical Advisory Group 214 of the International Standards Organization (ISO) for Mobile Elevating Work Platforms
- Head of the U.S. delegation to the International Technical Advisory Group 214 of the International Standards Organization (ISO) for Mobile Elevating Work Platforms
- Member of ANSI Z535 Main Committee for Warnings
- Member of ANSI Z535.4 subcommittee for Product Safety Signs and Labels
Training - Develops both conventional and computer based interactive training materials
- Conducts training seminars for operator training and document creation and control
Other - Peer reviewer for NIOSH study of scissor lift tipovers
- Member of Aerial Work Platform Training Corporation's Advisory Council
- Coordinator of Lift Applications & Equipment magazine's Rodeo Review (comparative testing of equipment)
- Member of Lift Applications & Equipment magazine Editoral Board
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Publications and papers - "Safe scissor lift operation," Lift Equipment (June 1993)
- "Fall protection puzzles," Lift Equipment (January 1997)
- "An issue of safety," Snorkel (1997)
- "Aerial Work Platforms: Safety, Liability & the Rental Center," Professional Safety (January 1998)
- "What Does an Operator Need to Know?" presented before the International Access Platform Conference in Maastricht Holland (September 1998)
- "Choosing Safety," Scaffold Industry (October 2001)
Seminar presentations - National Safety Council
- Associated General Contractors of America
- American Bar Association
- Equipment Manufacturers Institute
- Construction Industry Manufacturers Association
- Scaffold Industry Association Aerial Platform Council
- Defense Research Institute
- International Powered Access Federation
Trade Show presentations - National Safety Council
- National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Electrical Industry
- Plant Engineering and Maintenance
- Associated Equipment Distributors
- Scaffold Industry Association
- American Rental Association
- American Society of Safety Engineers
- Associated General Contractors of America
- ConExpo
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