Cameron Orr - Sambria Engineering and Expert Services

--Heavy Equipment Experience--
I have extensive experience with heavy equipment. I have designed aerial bucket trucks from the ground up. I have operated forklifts, skid steer loaders, scissor lifts, boom lifts, and bulldozers. I have tested heavy equipment, including failure testing fiberglass booms, pressure testing hydraulics on a large casing rotator, pressure testing hydraulic systems on aerial bucket trucks, and strength testing and fatigue testing trailer safety chains. I have analyzed various types of heavy equipment utilizing finite element analysis software.

--Credentials--
I am a registered Professional Engineer, a Certified Safety Professional, and a Certified Fluid Power Hydraulic Specialist. I am also an IVES Training Group Certified Forklift Operator. I am also certified through IVES Training Group to train operators of forklifts, scissor lifts, boom lifts, and mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). I have training in crane safety and am a Certified Rigger - Level 1. I have experience working with HAZMAT tanker trailers as a Design Certifying Engineer. I have designed some aspects of HAZMAT tanker trailers, and verified that repair work on them was in compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. I have a CDL Class C driver's license with HAZMAT endorsement.

--Testifying Experience--
I have testified in over 70 cases. I have testified in many injury cases involving forklifts. I have also worked on and testified in injury cases involving rough terrain forklifts, skid steer loaders, dump trucks, dump trailers, garbage trucks, excavators, bulldozers, mobile cranes, tower cranes, street sweepers, drilling equipment, liftgates, backup alarms, button setting machines, saws, CNC machines, presses, rollers, light curtains, proper operating procedures, operator presence, operator visibility, warnings, OSHA regulations, ANSI standards, and ISO standards.

--Engineering and Design Experience--
I have extensive experience with aerial bucket trucks. I have worked a small team designing them from the ground up, verifying compliance with ANSI standards, analyzing them, and testing them. I have been involved in the design and development of numerous products, including dump trailers, utility trailers, garbage trucks, lifting equipment, forklift attachments, drill pipe inspection and conveying equipment, a biological sample recovery, amplification and testing device, HAZMAT tanker trailers, an aquatic bicycle, liftgates, molds for fiberglass booms, mining equipment simulators, scaffolds, a biogas harvesting system, pickleball training equipment, a pool filter cleaning device, and warning labels for aerial bucket trucks.

Services

--Heavy Equipment
I have extensive experience with heavy equipment. I have designed aerial bucket trucks from the ground up. I have operated forklifts, skid steer loaders, scissor lifts, boom lifts, and bulldozers. I have tested heavy equipment, including failure testing fiberglass booms, pressure testing hydraulics on a large casing rotator, pressure testing hydraulic systems on aerial bucket trucks, and strength testing and fatigue testing trailer safety chains. I have analyzed various types of heavy equipment utilizing finite element analysis software.

--Engineering and Design
I have extensive experience with aerial bucket trucks. I have worked a small team designing them from the ground up, verifying compliance with ANSI standards, analyzing them, and testing them. I have been involved in the design and development of numerous products, including dump trailers, utility trailers, garbage trucks, lifting equipment, forklift attachments, drill pipe inspection and conveying equipment, a biological sample recovery, amplification and testing device, HAZMAT tanker trailers, an aquatic bicycle, liftgates, molds for fiberglass booms, mining equipment simulators, scaffolds, a biogas harvesting system, pickleball training equipment, a pool filter cleaning device, and warning labels for aerial bucket trucks.

Litigation Support Services

I have testified in over 70 cases. I have testified in many injury cases involving forklifts. I have also worked on and testified in injury cases involving rough terrain forklifts, skid steer loaders, dump trucks, dump trailers, garbage trucks, excavators, bulldozers, mobile cranes, tower cranes, street sweepers, drilling equipment, liftgates, backup alarms, button setting machines, saws, CNC machines, presses, rollers, light curtains, proper operating procedures, operator presence, operator visibility, warnings, OSHA regulations, ANSI standards, and ISO standards.

Areas of Expertise

Additional Expertise:

Dump Trucks, Scissor Lifts, Boom Lifts, Aerial Bucket Trucks, MEWPs, Rough Terrain Forklifts, Food Processing Equipment, Pneumatic Snap Setting Machine, CNC Routers, E-Bikes, Backup Alarms, Backup Cameras, Custom Hydraulic Equipment, High Pressure Hydraulic Hose, Dump Trucks, Dump Trailers, Trailer Safety Chains, Trailer Booster Axles, HAZMAT Tanker Trailers, Glass Trailers, Roll-Off Trucks, Tractors, Drill Pipe Handling Equipment, Oilfield Equipment, Garbage Trucks/Garbage Cans, Chain Hoists, Safety Systems, Operator Visibility/Cameras, Custom Pneumatic Equipment, Skid Steer Loaders, Bulldozers, Road Milling Machines, Tower Cranes, Mobile Cranes, Street Sweepers, Thrill Rides, Liftgates, Stud Saws, Paintball Markers/Guns, Pumps, Pinch Points/Nip Points, Bonding and Grounding, Roadway Grates.

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Professional Experience

Sambria Engineering and Expert Services, LLC, Oct. 2024 – Present
In 2024 Mr. Orr started Sambria Engineering and Expert Services, a company that provides mechanical engineering and expert witness services.

Alpine Engineering & Design, Inc., Feb. 2008 – Oct. 2024
Mr. Orr has worked as a mechanical engineer for Alpine Engineering & Design, Inc. (AED) in Alpine, Utah since February, 2008. As part of AED's consulting engineering work Mr. Orr has completed many design, analysis, testing, prototyping, and certification projects. The following are some of the key areas and engineering projects Mr. Orr has worked on while employed at AED.

Drill Pipe Handling and Inspection
Mr. Orr has designed two prototypes of a system for moving, cleaning, and inspecting drill pipe of lengths up to 40-feet and diameters up to 6-inches. He assisted with the design of the process and order of operations, designing the structure of the equipment, and the design of the hydraulic circuits and hydraulic component selection.

Aerial Lift Trucks
Mr. Orr has worked extensively in aerial lift truck design. This work has included designing aerial lifts from the ground up. He has done everything from designing and sizing components, running stress analyses, laying out the hydraulic circuit, specifying hydraulic motors and actuators, creating detailed drawings, and testing and troubleshooting prototype units.

Hazardous Material Tanker Trailers
Mr. Orr has worked extensively with the hazardous material tanker trailer industry as a Design Certifying Engineer (DCE). His work included verifying compliance to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations regarding the repair and modification of hazardous material tanker trailers. He has also performed detailed analyses of full trailer designs to verify the strength of the trailer in various loading situations.

LNG Tank Testing
Mr. Orr has completed testing of liquid natural gas tanks to verify compliance with Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standards. This included managing and performing the safe operation of drop tests and flame tests.

Custom Equipment Design, Fabrication, and Installation
Mr. Orr has designed one-of-a-kind systems including a hydraulically operated lift for moving an 8-foot by 15-foot LED video wall and speakers from the basement, through the floor, to the main living room of a large residence. This project included designing the telescoping lift mechanism, designing the hydraulic system, fabricating the lift components, assembling the lift, testing the lift, and installing the lift at the residence. Mr. Orr also oversaw and approved the design of the electronic controls, machining, and installation.

Licenses

• Professional Engineer (P.E.) - Utah

Legal Experience & Services

The following is a sampling of the expert witness projects I have worked on:
• Rear loader garbage truck container swinging into operator (multiple cases of similar circumstances).
• Vacuum truck lid explosive decompression killing the operator.
• Hand caught in poorly designed home-use concrete mixer.
• Belly-dump trailer doors crushing the operator's legs.
• Laundry rack falling off a liftgate and crushing the operator.
• Rolling pallet rack braking system failure.
• Dump truck brake booster repair failure caused fatal crash.
• Horizontal boring machine turnover.
• Construction elevator control system failure.
• Refuse truck packer panel track failure.
• Box trailer wall construction patent lawsuit.
• Ventilation hood installation failure.
• Air pressure in a concrete pumping truck hydraulic cylinder causing fatal damage to repairman.
• Small track-hoe tip over.
• Fatal folding chair seat failure.
• Tilt-bed tow truck operator error.
• Rough-terrain forklift tip over.
• Fatal hydraulic cylinder rupture.
• Scissor lift crushing operator.
• Fatal farm tractor transmission failure.
• Skid steer cab body motion crushing operator's feet.
• Inadequate blender component lawsuit involving hundreds of tests on blenders.
• Shaving razor patent lawsuit.
• Farm sprayer tractor visibility issues causing motorcycle crash.
• Large glass sheet hauling trailer structural failure killed driver.
• Inadequate bulldozer safety systems allowing operator to leave cab while the equipment is moving, resulting in bulldozer fatally running over operator.
• Essential oil diffuser patent lawsuit.
• Hand tool patent lawsuit involving destructive strength testing of a hand tool.
• Wheel chock mold design intellectual property infringement and breach of contract.
• Fatal forklift impingement.
• Arm crushed and burned when caught in packaging machine.
• Multiple patent lawsuits surrounding containers for hauling drilling frac sand.
• Tanker trailer explosion severely burning operator of nearby tanker trailer.
• Unexpected motion of straight truck at dock causing forklift to fall off dock and injure operator.
• Mechanical failure of amusement ride hydraulic controls causing injuries to rider.
• Fingers crushed in pneumatic snap machine.
• US International Trade Commission denying import of certain road milling machines based on allegations of patent infringement.
• Fall from diesel fuel tanker trailer.
• Applicator for liquid antiperspirant becoming dislodged causing severe injuries to user's eyes.
• Unexpected liftgate motion causing severe injuries to operator.
• Faulty CNC router E-Stop causes unexpected motion during repairs, injuring the repairman.
• Paintball gun discharge injures eye of customer.
• E-bike endo (flip) causes severe head injuries.
• Poorly maintained carwash bay results in truck falling into drainage pit.
• Load suspended by a crane knocks framer off the top of a framed wall.
• Forklift attempting to dislodge pallets from flatbed tipped pallets onto truck driver.
• Ski jump air bag picked up by wind dropped young skier to the ground.
• Forklift operator killed by load tipping over.
• Lift operator fell from top shelf while lanyard not attached to lift.
• Harvest worker injured after lift machine components failed.
• Chain hoist failure caused pipe to crush worker's hand.
• Untrained helper injured by garbage truck packer panel.
• Teenage boy burned while pouring methanol fuel from a metal can.
• Heavy drill choke fell on maintenance technician's foot.
• Construction worker fatally backed over by sweeper truck.
• Forklift operator ran over coworker's foot.
• Improper use of trailer booster axle allowed trailer to swing into oncoming traffic.
• High pressure hose failed and whipped operator.
• Hydraulic press failed and crushed operator.
• Roll-off cable hoist hook mount failed and swinging cable hook killed operator.
• Forklift operator hauling too many pallets collided with unseen pedestrian.
• Rental facility failed to provide boom lift safety training and safety gear to renter resulting in a fall from height.
• Lack of proper maintenance of boom lift led to lift tipping over and severely injuring two workers.

Qualifications

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, CSP-35839.
• Certified Fluid Power Hydraulic Specialist (CFPHS) from the International Fluid Power Society (IFPS), #22754.
• IVES Certified Forklift Operator Trainer for counterbalance forklifts, rough terrain forklifts, and MEWPs, Trainer #26103.
• IVES Training Group Certified Combo Operator Trainer - Forklifts, Scissor Lifts, Boom Lifts, MEWPs
• Certified Rigger – Level 1 from American Crane & Safety
• Mobile Crane Inspector Training from the Crane Institute of America.
• Managing Crane Safety Training from the Crane Institute of America.
• Amusement Ride Inspector – Level 1 by the National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials (NAARSO), CN-3944.
• Certified in Lockout/Tagout OSHA compliance from the Utah Safety Council.
• Design Certifying Engineering (DCE) for hazardous material tanker trailers.
• Certified Lift Truck Operator Trainer from the Utah Safety Council.
• Commercial Driver's License (CDL) – Class C with HAZMAT endorsement

Publications

• White Paper "An Engineering Guide for Trailer Safety Chain Installation, Attachment and Use" 2012

Education

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University-Idaho 2007