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As Expert Witness:

• Expert witness for King, Bryan, & Wiley, Jasper, AL, on a mine explosion, 2003.

• Expert witness for Consol, Inc., through Dickie, McCamey & Chilcotte, on alleged personal injury to longwall worker, 1996-1997.

• Expert witness for Monterey Coal Company, through Crowell & Moring, on alleged training citations following a fatality, 1995.

• Expert witness for Consol, Inc., through Jackson & Kelly and Dickie, McCamey, & Chilcotte, on the spacing of shelter holes in the Dilworth Mine, 1994-95.

• Expert witness for Consol, Inc., on permitting of coal development project, 1993.

• Expert witness for numerous coal companies, through Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., on alleged AWC dust tampering by coal mine operators, 1991-93.

• Expert witness for Thompson, Hine and Flory, Columbus, Ohio, on Belmont Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Ohio Power Company, 1988.

Technical Applications for Industry:

• Caterpillar, Big Iron University, Chicago, IL, on worldwide business investments in mining and feasibility studies for mining properties, 2003

• Martin Marietta Minerals, Des Moines, IA, on compliance options for new diesel particulate matter regulations in underground mines, 2003

• Moberly Stone Company, Moberly, MO, on roof control problems, 1997.

• West Virginia Board for Coal Mine Health & Safety and West Virginia Technical Review Committee, 1996 and 1997.

• Shannopin Mining Company, Bobtown, PA, on ventilation problems, 1990.

• Mingo and Logan Coal Company, Wharncliffe, WV, on shift scheduling of workers, 1990.

• U.S. Steel Mining Company, Pittsburgh, PA, on long-term ventilation planning for a two-mine complex, 1989.

• U.S. Steel Mining Company, Pittsburgh, PA, on reasons for productivity differences between their mines and Consol's Bailey mine, 1989.

• Ernst & Young, Cincinnati, OH, on development of an integrated mine management system for Island Creek Corporation, 1989.

• L. A. Gates Company, Beckley, WV, on the percentage recovery for different methods of underground mining,1989.

• U.S. Steel Mining Company, Washington, PA, on back injuries, 1988.

• Terry Eagle Coal Company, on ventilation planning, 1987.

• Amerikohl Mining, Inc., on mining feasibility, 1987.

• Vesta Mining Co., on ventilation planning, 1987.


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