Carol Marunich practices in the area of Mine Safety and Health where she successfully tried the first pattern of violation case in the United States for an underground coal operation. She also successfully defended the first case in the State of West Virginia for an alleged failure to report a mine accident within fifteen minutes to the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training and was successful in getting a citation against a surface operation vacated involving a fatality of a dozer operator hitting an underground gas line.
As a respected litigator in West Virginia, Carol actively represents coal mine operators before federal and state administrative agencies, federal courts, and state courts. She also provides analysis of citations and orders issued to coal operators relating to their citation history for analysis of pattern of violation or flagrant assessments. She has experience with accident investigation, preparation and hearings before the Coal Mine Office of Health and Safety Board of Appeals; Defense of Section 110(c) special investigation cases and the defense of civil deliberate intent cases.
Carol has experience in counseling/defending OSHA investigations relating to industrial issues. Her experience ranges from on-site investigation to defense of accidents involving multiple fatalities. Her OSHA experience, combined with her litigation background, has allowed her to advise companies on work forward plans that effectively assist in all phases of litigation, government investigations and that arise out of OSHA citations/investigations and compliance issues.
To stay abreast of current industry safety issues, Carol also audited a mining engineering class at West Virginia University on "general mining practices."