SYNOPSIS

Since the establishment of the Forensic Engineering Division, FED under the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) in 2007, the agency has been involved with various high profile accident investigation cases. Most of the accident related to engineering failure analysis to find the culprit behind the mishap events and prevent the future recurrence. Many lessons learned from the failure and root cause analysis of the dangerous events such as substandard material, incompetency of the person involve, improper maintenance, design issues, communication break down, lack of safe operating procedure etc. The field of forensic engineering does not only deal with fundamental engineering principles to prove a certain failure mode but also the need to have a clear understanding of legal requirements and how to ensure that anything discovered at the accident scene will be admissible in the court of law in case of prosecution.

The interdisciplinary nature of the forensic engineering field is becoming increasingly important due to many parties involved in an accident in a claim and lawsuit such as developer, contractor, employer and government authority. Those involved with forensic engineering may be called to testify in the cases for the litigation process. This talk will give an overview for engineers and practitioners of the principle of the forensic engineering matter related to occupational safety and health. It will share historical development of FED, the essence parts of an accident investigation, and challenges faced by the forensic engineers. Furthermore, this will highlight how important the chain of custody from the accident site is to present in a court which evidence will be used during judicial proceedings.


ABOUT SPEAKER

Ir. Tajul Ariffin Mohamed Nori is a factory and machinery inspector and currently he is working with Forensic Engineering Division, DOSH. He graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with B. Eng in Mechanical Engineering, 2008 and M. Sc. (Mechanical Engineering), UTM 2017. He is an active committee member in the IEM, a committee member of METD and currently the chairman of Safety in Engineering Special Interest Group (SESIG). For over a decade, he gained his experience in various workplace accident investigation including the construction industry, demolition works, factories, power plant that involving fatality cases, dangerous occurrence cases, near miss incidents, engineering structures failure, heavy machinery accidents and work-related occupational disease. His contribution in various stages of Malaysia Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) law enforcement from OSH law development, law enforcements to safety and health promotions.


NOTE:
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