Brooks Rugemer
Brooks is a Trucking and Warehousing expert, experienced in accident and injury investigations. He has worked in the Transportation Industry since 1983. In 1994, after 13 years as a professional truck driver, he turned his attention to Trucking & Warehousing Safety and Risk Management. Brooks joined Robson Forensic in 2005.
Brooks has investigated hundreds of trucking and warehouse related accidents and injuries for several of the largest trucking firms in the country. He is thoroughly trained and experienced in DOT and OSHA compliance standards. He previously owned "Truck Safety Services, Inc.," a trucking safety and recruiting firm.
Core areas of expertise include the following:
• Trucking company and warehousing operation and management
• Trucking and warehousing accident and injury investigations
• CDL driver hiring standards: negligent retention and entrustment issues
• CDL driver training, CDL driver actions
• Logbooks: driver fatigue, unsafe transit times and schedules
• Intermodal: Rail yard and seaport truck safety
• DOT and OSHA compliance
• Industrial truck (forklift) accidents, loading dock accidents
• Cargo and property claims investigations
• Review and Audit of DOT and OSHA Safety Programs
• Accident and Injury reduction programs
- Automotive
- Bus & Truck Safety/Accident
- Distribution
- Driver Behavior
- Equipment & Machinery
- Ergonomics
- Fatigue
- Forklifts
- Logistics/Freight Forwarding
- Oil & Gas
- Private Investigators
- Supply Chain
- Tourism & Travel Industry
- Tractors
- Transportation Safety
- Trucking
- Warehouse Operations
References upon request.