Safety Priority Consultants, LLC - Personal injury, accidents and safety expert witness

About Safety Priority Consultants, LLC

Chip Darius is the founder and president of Safety Priority Consultants. His credentials and experience include: 25+ years consulting and training in workplace safety and OSHA compliance for both general industry and construction; 15 years Instructor for OSHA Training Institute Region 1 Education Center; Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer in both construction and general industry; Certified OHST, CET, CUSP, CSHO, EMT.

Services

Safety Priority Consultants, LLC offers safety training, OSHA compliance consulting, litigation consulting, and expert witness services.

Over 750 client organizations in more than 30 states and internationally since 2000.

Areas of Expertise

Accident
Accident Analysis
Accident Investigation
Accident Prevention
Aerial Lift
Confined Space
Construction
Construction Accidents
Construction Injuries
Construction Safety
Construction Site Work
Electrocution

Fall Protection
Forklift
Guardrails
Hand Tools
Highway Safety
Industrial Accidents
Industrial Equipment
Ladders
Machinery
OSHA
OSHA Construction
OSHA Violations

Personal Injury
Risk Management
Safety
Safety Management
Safety OSHA
Scaffolding
Slip and Fall
Whistleblower
Wrongful Death
Wrongful Termination

Additional Expertise:

Skid Steer Bobcat, Flagger, Whistleblower, FELA Railroad

Profile

Mr. Chip Darius provides safety training and OSHA compliance consulting services for business, industry, construction, utilities, and emergency services.

Chip is an experienced litigation consultant and expert witness for legal cases involving catastrophic injury, fatality, personal injury, and workplace safety -- plaintiff and defense, state and federal court. Testimony experience in depositions and in court. CV available upon request.

Chip is president of Safety Priority Consultants, LLC. Established in 2000, Safety Priority has served over 750 client companies in more than 30 states and internationally.

Areas of safety specialty include: Teaching, training, instructional design. Accident/incident investigation. Forklifts and material handling safety. Slips, trips and falls involving floors, steps, curbs, stairs, walkways, platforms and work at heights. Amputation, crush, machine injuries and machine safeguarding. Fall protection and work at heights. Ladders, scaffolds, platforms, aerial boom lifts, scissor lifts, and personnel lifts. Workplace and job site inspections and audits. Flaggers, temporary traffic control and work zone safety. OSHA compliance plans, assessments, and reports.

Qualifications include: Over 25 years experience in safety & OSHA compliance consulting and training. Over 15 years as Instructor for the OSHA Training Institute Region 1 Education Center at Keene State College, teaching OSHA regulations courses. Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer, teaching both Construction and General Industry programs. Accomplished teacher, writer, trainer, and facilitator. BS and MA degrees from The University of Connecticut.

Certifications include: Occupational Health & Safety Technologist (OHST). Certified Environmental Safety & Health Trainer (CET). Forklift Safety Technician (FST). Certified Safety & Health Official (CSHO) - both Construction and General Industry. Scaffold Competent Person Trainer. Certified Walkway Auditor Certificate Holder. Flagger Instructor and work zone safety trainer, ATSSA and NSC. SafeStart behavior based safety trainer. Emergency Care First Aid, CPR & AED Instructor Trainer. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) since 1980.

Honors include: Presenter at international, national, regional and state conferences. Selected 7 times as "one of the best" expert witness & litigation consulting firms, as voted by Connecticut attorneys in Connecticut Law Tribune. Faculty for the SEAK National Expert Witness Conference in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.