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.
Nicholas Contura LLCOperator
Controlled by Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
MSHA Operator ID: 0146435
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 97
- Mines on record
- 3
- Period
- —
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Top causes
- INUNDATION1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS24 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON14 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)13 non-fatal
- MACHINERY10 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK10 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
2
2025
17 (1f)
2024
12
2023
10
2022
13
2021
6
2020
13
2019
13
2018
6
2017
3
2016
2