Consultant

Occupational and Environmental Medicine consulting services are available through Verdi Technology, Inc.

Dr. Craner has served as a consultant to US, Canadian, and other international organizations in the following industries and sectors:

Mining (gold, silver, other metals/minerals–surface and underground)
Manufacturing
- Electric Vehicles and lithium ion batteries: Tesla Corporate Physician, 2019-2023 full time; contract 2023- ;
- Lead oxide-based assay flux; lead-acid battery recycling; precious metals recovery; lead shot; casino signs (FRP, neon)
Metallurgical laboratory (fire assay, sample prep, metallurgical analysis)
Remediation (mold, asbestos, lead): residential and commercial buildings
Casino/hotel
Government: state and local; university and school systems

(See Clinical Practice for details of medical surveillance and related clinical services services, and webOSCAR™ Health and Safety Compliance Software System)

The scope of consulting services includes:

OSHA, MSHA compliance plan/program development and implementation
Best Practices program development and implementation
- Medical surveillance and biological monitoring: program development, data analysis (individual and aggregate)
- Industrial hygiene: exposure/hazard monitoring strategy and control plan; data interpretation and integration with medical surveillance
- Process safety management (PSM), regulatory inspection, citation and penalty abatement, regulatory audit
Compliance program audit (review and walk-through with/before/after inspections)
Hazardous materials communication (HazComm) and Emergency Response
Risk Assessment and Risk Communication
Data analysis
Personal protective equipment (PPE) selection, application, fit testing, and clearance criteria
Training
- Live and web-based
- Supervisors, employees, managers
Site visit inspections

Epidemiological Investigation

Suspected or confirmed occupational or environmental diseases
Hazardous exposures
Indoor air quality/mold contamination

Expert consultation and testimony (plaintiff and defendant)

Qualified in state (NV, CA) and federal courts as an expert in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Applied research