U.S. Leading Mine Safety Expert

Mr. Martin provides expertise in accident investigation & reconstruction, and assisting the legal community navigate through complicated regulations within the MSHA and OSHA industries. He has served on legislative committees working on Capitol Hill for The National Mining Association as well as the State of West Virginia through the West Virginia Coal Association and in Kentucky through the Kentucky Coal Association. Mr. Martin has in-depth knowledge in working through complicated Department of Labor safety regulations within the mining industry as well as general industry.
Mr. Martin has served as an Expert Witness and Litigation Consultant for numerous Civil and Criminal Cases through-out the United States. He has also provided expert safety consulting services to the Metal Non-Metal mining industry, the Coal Mining Industry and the Aggregate and Stone Mining Industry including Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron Ore, Bituminous Coal, Anthracite Coal, Lignite Coal, Stone, Sand and Cement operations throughout the United States and South America.
His 48 years of experience as a safety professional has exposed him to Underground and Surface Mining including advanced longwall systems, continuous miner sections, highwall miner operations dragline and shovel operations, stone quarries, processing, and preparation plant facilities, as well as river loading facilities including river transportation. Mr. Martin is the leading mining safety expert in the US and can assist you with your litigation needs.

Mr. Martin engaged in a six-month safety evaluation and improvement design project for the Capstone Pinto Valley Mine which is one of the largest surface copper operations in the US. The Pinto Valley project resulted in numerous mine safety improvements as well as increased production. He has evaluated and consulted for numerous gold operations in the US as well as in South America including the Rosebel Gold Mine operation in Suriname owned by the Canadian, IAMGOLD Corporation.

Mr. Martin has provided expert services for numerous coal mining cases in the US, which include crane failure, underground vehicle fatality, surface electrical shock, longwall fatality. He was involved in the mine rescue, investigation, and litigation of the Sago and UBB Mine disasters Mr. Martin provided deposition and grand jury testimony in both cases. He has also provided expert services for several silica dust cases as well as coal dust cases in the US. Mr. Martin worked as corporate director of safety for the (ICG) International Coal Group mining operations, and the AEP Fuel Supply mining operations. The AEP mining operations were ranked as the safest miming operation in the US.

Mr.Martin has provided safety consulting and evaluation to numerous stone and sand operations in the US. He also provided 12-month litigation services for several cement operation cases involving serious injury located in Florida and Kentucky.