01 / CONSULTING
Workplace safety consulting
Assess workplace conditions, safety practices, and applicable OSHA requirements to help organizations understand and address safety issues.
Workplace safety · OSHA consulting · Expert witness
Workplace safety insight for high-stakes decisions.
Workplace safety and OSHA consulting for employers and attorneys, with expert witness support for complex matters in construction and general industry nationwide.
01Workplace safetyand OSHA matters
02Construction andgeneral industry
03Consultingnationwide
Services
Practical support for safety decisions and legal matters.
Independent analysis for employers and counsel working through workplace safety questions, OSHA issues, or a serious incident.
02 / OSHA
OSHA citation and enforcement analysis
Review cited standards, inspection materials, investigative steps, and the factual basis for OSHA's conclusions.
03 / INCIDENTS
Workplace incident analysis
Examine work activity, equipment, site conditions, and safety practices relevant to an incident.
04 / EXPERT WITNESS
Technical opinions and testimony
Independent expert support for case assessment, written opinions, deposition, and testimony when appropriate.
Practice focus
Technical detail, connected to what happened at work.
Effective analysis depends on the real sequence of work: who did what, with which equipment, under which conditions, and what the applicable requirements called for.
01Construction and general industry operations
02OSHA standards, inspection records, and enforcement decisions
03Workplace incidents, equipment use, and safety procedures
04How documented conditions relate to the cited requirement
Kelly C. Knighton, CSP
Principal Consultant · The Knighton Consulting Group, LLC
30+ years of OSHA service
Certified Safety Professional
Compliance Safety and Health Officer
Senior Technical Advisor
Deputy Regional Administrator
Regional Administrator
Compliance Safety and Health Officer
Experience
Firsthand knowledge of OSHA's work.
Kelly C. Knighton brings over 30 years of occupational safety experience, including senior technical and regional leadership roles with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Kelly has deep expertise in OSHA enforcement, regulatory policy, workplace incident investigation, compliance strategy, and litigation support. Her career with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration included leadership roles at the field, regional, and national levels, including service as Regional Administrator for OSHA’s Dallas Region, where she oversaw federal OSHA programs across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, with oversight of the New Mexico State Plan. She has advised OSHA leadership, field staff, employers, stakeholders, and legal teams on significant enforcement matters, construction safety, emergency management, catastrophic incident reviews, consensus standards, policy development, and litigation strategy. Through The Knighton Consulting Group, LLC, Kelly provides expert consulting services in workplace incident investigation, root cause analysis, OSHA compliance evaluations, regulatory risk assessment, enforcement strategy, and litigation support across construction, general industry, and maritime sectors. Kelly has supported plaintiff and defense cases.
Working together
A focused, evidence-led process.
Each engagement is shaped around the questions counsel needs answered and the record available for review.
STEP 01
Define the questions
Clarify the disputed issues, relevant standards, scope, and materials needed for a meaningful review.
STEP 02
Trace the evidence
Review the record against the work activity, site conditions, equipment, and OSHA's investigative conclusions.
STEP 03
Explain the findings
Present clear technical analysis for case evaluation and, where retained, reports, deposition, or testimony.
Let's discuss your workplace safety or OSHA matter.
Contact Kelly Knighton to discuss consulting or expert witness support.