Standard Practice for Collection and Preservation of Information and Physical Items by a Technical Investigator

SCOPE
1.1 This practice covers guidelines for the collection and preservation of information and physical items by any technical investigator pertaining to an incident that can be reasonably expected to be the subject of litigation.  
1.2 For additional standards promulgated by ASTM Committee E-30, see Practices E620, E678, E860, and E1020.  
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

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Designation:E1188–95
Standard Practice for
Collection and Preservation of Information and Physical
1
Items by a Technical Investigator
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1188; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 4. Procedure
1.1 This practice covers guidelines for the collection and 4.1 Documentary Information—Collect information related
preservation of information and physical items by any techni- to events and conditions occurring before, during, or after the
cal investigator pertaining to an incident that can be reasonably incident. Documentary information may be held by any entity
expected to be the subject of litigation. associated with the incident. Make a broad search to identify
1.2 For additional standards promulgated by ASTM Com- documents and, where possible, collect them. Obtain state-
mittee E-30, see Practices E 620, E 678, E 860, and E 1020. ments as early as feasible from all individuals associated with
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the the incident and recovery activity.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the 4.2 Physical Evidence—Obtain and preserve physical items
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- as early as possible. Plan the investigation to protect physical
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- evidence significant to the incident. The plan should consider
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. the possibility of identity loss, physical loss, deterioration or
destruction of informaion due to environmental effect, or
2. Referenced Documents
recovery and collection activities. When physical items cannot
2.1 ASTM Standards:
be preserved in their found state, document it.
E 620 Practice for Reporting Opinions of Technical Ex- 4.3 Photographic Documentation—Commence photo-
2
perts
graphic documentation as soon as possible after the incident.
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E 678 Practice for Evaluation of Technical Data Document the scene of the incident and the condition of items
E 860 Practice for Examining andTesting ItemsThatAre or
involved. If items involved in the incident are disassembled or
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May Become Involved in Litigation
subjected to destructive testing, each step of the disassembly or
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E 1020 Practice for Reporting Incidents testing shall be documented by contemporaneous photographs
or videotaping. The preferable photographic technique pro-
3. Significance and Use
vides negatives that can be reproduced and enlarged. The date,
3.1 This practice is intended for use by any technical
time, and location of the photography or videotaping, and
investigator when investigating an incident that can be reason-
identity of the photographer or videotaper, shall be recorded.
ably expected to be the subject of litigation. The intent is to
4.4 Validation and Authentication—Evidence and informa-
obtain sufficient information and physical items to discover
tion gathered by investigators must be adm
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