Scope & Range of Services
Bob Jasinski is a safety professional with a broad background in the materials handling industry and he specializes in forklift safety. His 28 years of experience include forklift safety training program development for operators, and instructors of forklift operators, across numerous industry sectors. Through his company, LiftSafe Inc. (est. 1998), he publishes “The Professional Operator - Lift Truck Safety Training Written Response Workbook” and the “LiftSafe Forklift Instructor Training and Resource Guide”. He provides forklift instructor and operator training to companies across numerous industry sectors including biotech, food manufacturing and distribution, building materials, construction, electronics, government, military, cities, counties, school districts, the forest service and others.
As an expert witness, he provides forklift accident litigation support for both plaintiff and defense. His case histories are many and varied and include numerous forklift injury cases involving serious injuries and fatalities. He possesses a thorough working knowledge of accepted safe industry practices pertaining to powered industrial truck applications in addition to OSHA, CalOSHA, and ITSDF (ASME B56) Standards. Bob is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and serves on the Occupational Safety and Health Advisory board of Las Positas College. In addition to his ASSE and material handling industry training and experience, he is a graduate of St. Paul Technical College in Electro Mechanical Technology and holds a certification in Occupational Safety and Health from Las Positas College.
Additional Information on Qualifications and Relevant Case Work:
SPECIALIZING IN FORKLIFT ACCIDENT LITIGATION SUPPORT, INVESTIGATION, CONSULTING, FORKLIFT TRAINING, MATERIAL HANDLING SAFETY,
Qualifications Profile and Experience Summary
29 years experience in the materials handling (warehousing) industry specializing in forklift safety training and applications expert on the following:
- Walkie/rider pallet jacks
- Walkie stackers
- Stand-up and sit-down counterbalanced forklifts (internal combustion and electric)
- Narrow aisle reach trucks
- Narrow aisle order pickers (wire and rail guided)
- Swing reach turret trucks (wire and rail guided)
- Rough terrain forklifts
- Industrial batteries
- Industrial battery handling and watering systems
- Industrial battery charging systems
- Warehouse rack systems
- Loading dock safety
- Forklift attachments
- Forklift accident investigation and consultation
- OSHA/CalOSHA, ITSDF (ANSI) powered industrial truck regulations and standards interpretations
Employment, Training and Consultation Experience
1998 to Current: Owner of LiftSafe Forklift Training, providing OSHA/CalOSHA compliant lift truck operator and instructor training and certification. Publish and distribute the LiftSafe Professional Operator Lift Truck Safety Training Written Response Workbook and the LiftSafe Forklift Instructor Training and Resource Guide. Training provided to over 300 companies in California and neighboring states. Provide forklift safety consultation to employers and forklift accident litigation support to the legal profession and insurance companies.
1978 to 2003: Various positions held within the material handling (forklift) industry including equipment training, sales, management, and applications engineering including the following companies:
- Raymond Handling Concepts Corp (Forklifts, Class 1-2-3, Warehouse layout, storage rack, conveyor systems)
- North American Forklift (Forklifts, Class 1-3-4-5-7, Warehouse layout, storage rack, conveyor systems)
- Interlake (Warehouse layout, storage rack, conveyor systems)
- Exide (Forklift batteries, charging and handling systems)
- GNB (Forklift batteries, charging and handling systems)
- C&D (Forklift batteries, charging and handling systems)
Professional Affiliations
- Member, American Society of Safety Engineers (San Francisco Chapter)
- Member, Environmental Safety & Health Joint Advisory Board, Las Positas College
Education, Training, Certifications
- Las Positas College, Occupational Safety and Health Certification 2006
- Raymond Corporation, DART Training Certification for warehouse lift truck and rack applications
- Interlake Corporation, Warehouse rack and conveyor systems design, layout training and certification
- Certified Forklift Instructor National Safety Council 1984, Ives Associates 1998
- Dale Carnegie Graduate 1998
- Numerous American Society of Safety Engineers seminars 1998-2008
- St. Paul Technical College, Electro-Mechanical Technology 1973, Graduated with honors
Relevant Case Work
LAW OFFICE OF DAN DUNCAN
San Francisco, CA
BETTENCOURT V. G3 ENTERPRISES
Truck driver injured by lift truck operator during unloading., settled 2008
BARON & PAGLIUGHI, PLLC
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
JOELL V GILBERT DISPLAYS ET AL
Temp worker injured on forklift due to lack of training. settled 2008.
LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS OLSZEWSKI
Livermore, CA
DE LA TORRE V. GIBRALTER STEEL
Forklift driver killed due to inadequate training, forklift went off dock, settled 2007.
WILCOXEN CALLAHAN MONTGOMERY & DEACON
Sacramento, CA
POPESKOVICH V. CANTREX
Truck driver killed when load shifted during offloading of flatbed trailer, settled 2006.
EISENBERG, ROTHWEILER, WINKLER & JECK
Philadelphia, PA
FINEGAN V. AMERICAN BUILDERS DBA ABC SUPPLY
Customer injured while loading roofing materials on truck with forklift, settled 2006.
BOXER & GERSON LLP
Oakland, CA
RO V. MEGA ELECTRIC
Pedestrian injured when switchgear equipment became unstable and fell from forks, settled 2006.
CAPLIS & SCIPIONE LLC
Denver, CO
REDEKOP V. SST ENERGY
Truck driver lost leg when forklift operator caused load of pipe to shift and fall, crushing truck driver’s leg, settled 2006.
WARIT V. USA
Forklift operator injured when brake system malfunctioned and caused operator to be thrown from forklift, settled 2006.
HELLER LAW FIRM, THE
Calabasas, CA
RAMEY V. UNARCO
Forklift operator caused load to shift while flatbed trailer was being offloaded, resulting in death of truck driver, represented plaintiff, settled 2005.
CHERN & BRENNEMAN
Santa Maria, CA
WATSON V. SUNRISE GROWERS
Forklift operator ran over foot of truck driver, represented plaintiff, settled 2005.
RANKIN, LANDSNESS, LAHDE, SERVERIAN & STOCK
San Jose, CA
PERRY V. RAILWAY
Forklift operator caused load to fall on contractor who was manually offloading product, settled 2005.
HORTON AND RYAN
San Diego, CA
MALDONADO V. HMC COLD STORAGE
Worker’s foot driven over by forklift, settled 2005.
EISENBERG, ROTHWEILER PC
Philadelphia, PA
JONES V. HOME DEPOT
Customer injured by collision with electric pallet jack at home center. Attorney represented plaintiff, settled 2005.
VEEN LAW FIRM
San Francisco, CA
GODWIN V PPG
Truck driver’s right leg run over by lift operator, resulting in amputation, settled 2004.
LONDON FISCHER LAW FIRM
New York, New York
LOPEZ V LONG ISLAND LIGHTING
Truck driver injured when fiber optic cable reel fell while unloading with forklift., settled 2004.
THE CARTWRIGHT LAW FIRM
San Francisco, CA
PRAUDA V: HOME DEPOT
Customer unloading lumber from raised forks, load unstable, fell on foot, settled 2004.
MAYALL, HURLEY, KNUTSEN, SMITH & GREEN
Stockton CA
LOPEZ V. ECKART
Truck driver injured when pallet flew from stack being carried by forklift, settled 2004.
PHILLIPS & ASSOCIATE
San Luis Obispo, CA
SCHULTZ V. STEPHENS ENTERPRISES
Forklift operator injured when truck driver moved flatbed forward while operator placed load on truck., settled 2002.
