SS&E Consulting, Inc.

What SS&E Consulting, Inc. does

SS&E Consulting, Inc. is a privately held, founder-led ergonomics and safety consulting firm headquartered in Elk River, Minnesota, founded circa 1984 and operating with 1–10 employees. The firm sells professional services through a direct, enterprise field-sales motion, targeting risk managers, claims professionals, safety directors, legal teams, and senior management across manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, food production, transportation, and insurance industries in the U.S. and portions of Canada. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

The company's core offerings are three product lines: (1) Ergonomics Consulting — workplace assessments, task evaluations, force and vibration testing, OSHA compliance, and injury management using proprietary EEPP™ and 3D SSPP™ assessment tools; (2) Expert Witness Services — forensic evaluation, accident reconstruction, depositions, and court testimony for workers' compensation and product liability cases; and (3) ExeLift™, a trademarked back-injury prevention training program built on Olympic-style weightlifting techniques developed by President Lee J. Huber, a Certified Master Olympic Weightlifter who is also board-certified in both ergonomics and safety. One distribution center client has reported an 89% back-injury reduction in a single year using ExeLift™, with training audience ratings consistently in the mid-90th percentile.

The business model is high-touch professional services delivered on-site, supported by content marketing (blog articles, LinkedIn presence) and referral-driven lead generation. The firm holds no external investors, operates no subsidiaries, and has disclosed no funding rounds. Customer logos include Northwest Airlines, a major auto manufacturer, a national truck manufacturer, an aerospace manufacturer, a national food producer, healthcare providers (Spectrum Community Health, Volunteers of America), insurance carriers (CNA Insurance), and risk managers (Aon Risk Services). The firm is actively positioning around the Minnesota Ergonomics Statute 182.677, which took effect January 1, 2024, applying to certain healthcare, warehouse distribution, and meat processing employers.

Name

SS&E Consulting, Inc.

Legal name

SS&E Consulting, Inc.

Website

https://sseconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SS&E Consulting is a privately held ergonomics and safety consulting firm in Elk River, Minnesota, serving enterprise clients in manufacturing, aerospace, healthcare, food production, transportation, and insurance with assessments, OSHA compliance support, expert witness services, and the proprietary ExeLift™ training program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workplace Safety and Ergonomics Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

EHS Auditing, Inspections & Assurance (BPAHAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG), Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

Keywords

• Ergonomics consulting
• Workplace safety
• Expert witness services
• Industrial ergonomics
• Injury prevention training

Headquarters

HQ city

Elk River

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Ergonomics Consulting Services: Professional consulting services including workplace assessments, design reviews, safety audits, training, and program development. Delivered directly to enterprise clients in manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and other industries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SS&E Consulting provides professional ergonomics and workplace safety consulting services to corporate clients across manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation industries. Core deliverables include ergonomic assessments, injury-prevention training through the proprietary ExeLift™ program, expert witness testimony in safety and ergonomics litigation, claim verification, and personal security training. The firm sells people-driven consulting expertise rather than software or products, with engagements typically delivered on-site at client facilities.

Product overview

SS&E Consulting, Inc. is a consulting firm offering a portfolio of professional services centered on ergonomics, safety, and expert witness work. The core offerings include Ergonomics Consulting (workplace assessments, OSHA compliance, task evaluations, injury management), Expert Witness Services (legal case support for workers' compensation and product liability), and the proprietary ExeLift™ back injury prevention training program. Additional services include Claim Verification for scientific claim analysis and Personal Security Training. The company serves diverse industries including airlines, automakers, food producers, truck builders, aerospace, healthcare, and insurance firms, with expertise developed over 40+ years of combined experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ExeLift™: World-class back injury prevention training program based on Olympic-style weightlifting techniques. Developed by Lee J. Huber, Certified Master Olympic Weightlifter, to provide superior, scientific means of manually lifting and handling materials.

Products and services

• Ergonomics Consulting

Quantifiable outcome

• 89% back injury reduction over a single year reported by one distribution center client
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• KPA: KPA delivers EHS software and outsourced consulting for OSHA compliance, training, and risk management across industries including manufacturing, healthcare, and warehousing. Relevant adjacent competitor on the compliance and training side of SS&E's business.
• Chubb (Risk Engineering Services): Chubb's Risk Engineering Services offers workplace safety and ergonomics consulting to its commercial insurance customers. Indirect competitor through the carrier channel; relevant because SS&E already works with insurance clients on back-injury prevention.
• Liberty Mutual Insurance (Risk Control Services): Liberty Mutual operates a Risk Control Services division that delivers workplace safety, ergonomics, and loss-control consulting to its commercial policyholders. Adjacent — insurer-affiliated — competitor that can deliver ergonomics and back-injury prevention services as part of bundled insurance accounts.

Broad incumbents

• BSI Group: BSI is a global standards, certification, and EHS consulting firm offering workplace safety, ergonomics, and compliance advisory across many industries. Comparable at the EHS auditing/assurance and risk compliance level, with broader scope than SS&E.
• Aon: Aon is a global risk management and insurance brokerage firm operating Aon Risk Services with safety training and consulting offerings to enterprise and insurance clients. A broad incumbent that overlaps with SS&E on the corporate safety and risk management customer segment.
• UL Solutions (UL EHS): UL's Workplace Health & Safety practice delivers ergonomics, occupational health, and industrial safety advisory as part of a much broader testing and certification portfolio. A large incumbent competing for the same OSHA/state compliance and ergonomics program work that SS&E targets.

Direct peers

• The Ergonomics Center: The Ergonomics Center is an ergonomics and human factors consultancy providing workplace assessments and training services. Comparable to SS&E's ergonomics consulting line for enterprise and government clients.
• EFI Global: EFI Global is a forensic engineering, environmental, and expert witness provider serving insurance, legal, and corporate clients. Comparable on the expert witness and claim verification side of SS&E's business, with similar customer base of insurance carriers and law firms.
• Humantech: Humantech is an ergonomics and human factors consulting firm offering workplace assessments, training, and program development. Direct competitor to SS&E's ergonomics consulting practice for enterprise safety and risk management buyers in manufacturing and distribution.
• Robson Forensic: Robson Forensic is a multi-disciplinary forensic expert witness firm covering slip/trip/fall, ergonomics, product liability, and accident reconstruction. Direct peer on SS&E's expert witness and claim verification services for legal teams, insurance carriers, and plaintiff/defendant counsel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/lee-huber-08832448

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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