January 20, 2022. We are pleased to announce the opening of a new ESi office in the greater Denver, Colorado area. Conveniently located near Centennial Airport, this new facility will provide a full range of inspection and testing services, and includes a well-equipped materials and metallurgical testing laboratory, warehouse bay for teardowns and testing, and secure artifact storage. It was also designed with collaboration in mind, with facilities for hosting individual and multi-party inspections -- both in-person and remote, when face-to-face engagement isn’t practical, possible, or safe.

Petroleum refineries and chemical plants periodically need to clean storage tanks to check for corrosion, to allow the tank to be repurposed, or for other maintenance work. Part of the process for cleaning a tank includes gas freeing – removing flammable or toxic vapors from the tank – to provide a nonhazardous atmosphere in the tank for the cleaning crew.  

A railroad worker claimed injury while on the job.  He described a fall scenario that involved being pushed backwards off a train station platform, stepping back to keep himself from falling, tripping on the near rail of the track with his foot, and landing on his back and buttocks between the near rail and far rail of the track. Other witness descriptions were contradictory, and ESi was called on to evaluate whether all pieces of evidence were consistent with the established laws of physics and knowledge of biomechanical human motion.