Barrett Engineering of Raleigh, North Carolina provides extensive accident investigation, including forensics investigation to auto, truck, motorcycle, airplane vehicle accidents, as well as investigations into the origins and causes of industrial accidents.  We offer our services to industries, governmental agencies, insurance companies, attorneys and individuals, and provide legal testimony when required.

• Our Engineers: Dr. Rolin F. Barrett, Sr. and Dr. Rolin F. Barrett, Jr., earned Ph.D.'s in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University and are licensed professional engineers.
• We've provided engineering forensic consultation on nearly 4,000 cases, including almost 2,000 vehicle incidents involving automobiles, trucks, bicycles, and motorcycles. Nearly 200 cases have involved agricultural equipment, airplanes, off-road recreational vehicles, and boats.
• We can download and analyze airbag control modules and truck trip recording data (black boxes).
• Over 1,000 fires have been analyzed for causes and origins, as well as possible equipment malfunctions or violations of codes and standards.
• We also work with industrial accidents associated with construction, textiles, plastic molding, woodworking, food processing, and welding, often determining guarding and on-site safety adequacy. In addition, we have investigated accidents involving conveyors, forklifts, and other types of industrial trucks, plus analyzed construction accidents, construction equipment capabilities, ladders, and accidents with elevators and automatic doors.
• Other engineering analyses have included violent propulsion of bottle stoppers, building damage possibly resulting from military ordinance and commercial blasting, electrical shock accidents following contact with power lines or various types of equipment, malfunctions of compressed gas cylinders, incidents related to the slip resistance of various walking surfaces, failures of hoist mechanisms, chain, and wire rope.