Mr Simon Cox, Forensic Consultant
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Simon Cox has completed over 3,000 investigations and appeared as an expert witness in Criminal, Coronial and Civil Courts on over 100 occasions. By way of example, he has investigated the following major incidents over the past 25 years;
2024 Gluten Dryer Explosion, Manildra Group, Bomaderry, NSW Wine Tank Failure, Clare, SA Fire Water Mains Failure, Melbourne, Vic 2023 Wind Turbine Fire, Cathedral Rocks, SA Port Lincoln Bushfire, SA Northlands Mall Fire, Christchurch, NZ 2022 McKechnie Aluminium Fire, New Plymouth, NZ Wrattonbully Bushfire, SA Christchurch City Council Wastewater Plant Fire, NZ 2021 Load Switch Failures, SAPN, SA Redhill Bushfire, Redhill, SA SIlo Collpase, Copeville, SA 2020 WInd Turbine Generator Fire, Jamestown, SA Lake Ohau Bushfire, NZ Kallaroo Road Bushfire, Canberra, ACT Yumali Bushfire, SA 2019 Cudlee Creek Bushfire, Adelaide Hills, SA Yorketown Bushfire, Yorke Peninsula, SA NZ International Convention Centre Fire, Auckland, NZ Pigeon Valley Bushfire, Nelson, NZ 2018 Ravensdowne Fertiliser Fire, Christchurch, NZ D'Albera Marina Fire, Sydney, NSW Gazzette Bushfire, Penshurst, Vic 2017 Port Hills Bushfire, Christchurch, NZ Maungawera Lodge Fire, Wanaka, NZ Crane Failure, Port Adelaide, SA University of Auckland Fire, NZ 2016 OMMELIFT Lifting Platform collapse, SA Pipework Corrosion, Wellington Hospital, NZ Wine Bottle Failure, SA Glass Roof Failure, Sundrop Farms, SA 2015 Pinery Bushfire, SA Redwood Furniture Fire, SA Cement Silo Collapse, Birkenhead, SA Max Birt Sawmills Fire, Pokero, NZ 2014 Kiwi Self Storage Fire, Wellington, NZ Drilling Rig Collapse, Mt Kitty, NT Tool Team Fire, Wellington, NZ Nantawarra Bushfire, SA 2013 Millingandi Bushfire, NSW GRA Crusher Fire, Ceduna, SA Corrosion of Waratah Train Sets, NSW Moffats Flower Company Fire, Christchurch, NZ 2012 Fatal House Explosion, Albany, WA Dolphin Sands Bushfire, Tas Harkaway Bushfire, Narre Warren, Vic Ludowici Packaging Fire, Hamilton, NZ 2011 Australian Renewable Fuels Fire, Adelaide, SA Central Diesel Fire, Wingfield, SA Komatsu PC1800 Excavator Fire, Qld Matilda Zircon Mineral Sands Mine Fire, Tiwi Islands 2010 Holbrook Bushfire, NSW Brandlines Fire, Palmerston North, NZ Coles Distribution Centre Fire, Edinburgh, SA Palmerston North City Council Fire, NZ 2009 Port Lincoln Bushfire, SA Gas Turbine Failure, Kwinana, WA Wind Turbine Fire, Port Lincoln, SA House Explosion, Morphetville, SA 2008 Spotless Group Fire, Adelaide, SA Supreme Court Library Water Damage, Adelaide, SA Tamahere Cool Store Explosion, Hamilton, NZ Collinswood Post Office Fire, Adelaide, SA 2007 Pukaka Valley Bushfire, Blenheim, NZ Heidelberg Print Fire, Wellington, NZ Primo Abattoir Fire, Port Wakefield, SA Maringi Bushfire, NZ 2006 Quin Investments Explosion, Gladstone, SA Wind Turbine Fire, Lake Bonney, SA Electrix Fire, Auckland, NZ Cafe Belgiorno Fire, Mount Gambier, SA 2005 Wangary Bushfire, Eyre Peninsula, SA Adelaide Airport Fuel Contamination, SA Macedon Ranges Bushfire, Vic Arab Steed Hotel Fire, Adelaide, SA 2004 Gas Cloud Ignition, Moomba, SA Mitcham Shopping Centre Fire, SA Midfield Meats Tank Failure, Warrnambool, Vic Straddle Carrier Accident, Port Adelaide, SA 2003 Auspine Woodchip Loading Facility Fire, Portland, Vic National Library of New Zealand Fire, Wellington, NZ Barbeques Galore Fire, Adelaide, SA Adelaide Brighton Cement Fire, Adelaide, SA 2002 Fire in Moored Housboats, Mildura, SA Charcoal Chicken Fire, Warrnambool, Vic Festival City Freight Management Fire, Adelaide, SA IRD Building Fire, Wellington, NZ 2001 Childers Backpacker Hostel Fire, Qld Western Flat Bushfire, Vic ACI Fire, Brisbane, Qld Tasrail Bushfire, Tas 2000 Tutukaka Hotel Fire, NZ Yerong Creek Bushfire, NSW Wandillo Bushfire, Mount Gambier, SA Wallace Corporation Meatworks Fire, NZ 1999 Universal Knitting Mills Fire, Melbourne, Vic Clay Wells Bushfire, SA Furniture Warehouse Fire, Singapore Fuel Tanker Fire, Port Campbell, Vic 1998 Newman Shopping Centre Explosion, WA Knox Cinemas Fire, Vic NZ Safety Fire, Auckland, NZ Gympie Hotel Fire, Qld Many of the incidents investigated by Mr Cox have resulted in substantial financial losses up to and exceeding $100 million. In some instances, such as the Regent of Manila Fire (1985) Porgera Gold Mine Explosion (1994),Wangary Bushfire (2005) Quin Investments Explosion (2006) and Tamahere Cool Store Explosion, they have also been accompanied by the loss of several lives. 
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