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Welcome to Center for Safer Solutions
Communicating safety engineering and ergonomics information to support your decisions to reduce risk
Our Services
- Safety training
- System design evaluations
- RIsk assessments
- Accident investigation and expert analysis
John R Etherton
- PhD Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 1995
- CSP, CPE
- BSME Ohio Northern University, 1970
25 peer-reviewed publications
CV available upon request
About us
Research Interests
· Workplace Evaluation of a New Method for Machinery Risk Reduction
· Development of a New Device for Preventing Deaths during Baler Jam Clearing
· New Technology to Increase ROPS Use on Tractors
Previous positions
· Senior Research Safety Engineer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1978-2005
· Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, 1984-2006
· Instructor, System Safety Engineering, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering,College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, 2005-2013
· Visiting Researcher, Laboratoire d'Electronique et Sécurité des Systèmes, Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité, Nancy, France, 1984-1985
· Safety Engineer, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1975-1978
Recent work for clients
- Metal saw case, MN, 2015
- Fall from flatbed case, WV 2016
- Seatbelt failure case, WV 2016
- Lifting excessive load case, WV 2016
- Food blender case, WV 2016
- Tractor rollover, GA 2017
- Fall thru grating, WV 2017
- Inadvertent vehicle motion, WV 2017
- DOL lockout citation contest, DE 2017
- Plastics blender amputation, WV 2018
- DOL metalworking lathe citation contest, PA 2018
- Recycling baler case, IL 2019
- Asphalt mixer case, WA 2019
- Unstable machine case, TN 2019