Drowning
A water inundation occurred on the No. 1 Section in the No. 1 Face near spad 1717. Resulted in a Fatal injury. Rescue crews located the fatally injured person on 11/13/2025.
Rolling Thunder MineCoal
Nicholas-Contura, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Swiss, WV, Nicholas County, WV · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609111
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2024–2025
- Latest incident
- Nov 2025
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
5 on file (excluding fatalities above)2025 · 4 incidents
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Employee stated that they were in the #5 entry installing the last row of roof bolts, while manually bending a roof bolt, they stated that they felt a ""pop"" in right shoulder.
Accident type, without injuries
A non-injury roof fall was discovered in the intersection at the #5 crosscut on Yankee Mains (No. 5 belt) in the N0. 4 entry. The fall was approximately 20' x 20' x 10' thick.
Struck against stationary object
EE stated that while operating the 21SC shuttle car being loaded by the continuous mining machine, the bumper of the CM came in to contact with load end of the shuttle car. When the car operator pulled away, this caused the dump in to be raised slightly then fall suddenly, jarring the car operator resulting in EE's head hitting EE's head on canopy.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was dropping CM cable and water line from a hanger when EE felt pain in EE's left shoulder.
2024 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE stated that EE had lifted the shield on the #1 battery operated 4-wheeler, the panel slipped out of EE's hand causing the panel to fall on EE's left index finger.