Data / Mines / West Virginia / Rolling Thunder Mine
Rolling Thunder Mine: 207 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Rolling Thunder Mine is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Nicholas County, West Virginia, operated by Nicholas Contura LLC with 115 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609111). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 207 citations and orders there with $106,623 in proposed penalties, and 7 accident reports were filed there, with 6 injury or illness cases, 1 of them fatal.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4609111
- Status
- Active since April 22, 2025
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Nicholas County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Swiss, WV
- Operator
- Nicholas Contura LLC
- Parent company
- Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- Employees
- 115
- MSHA field office
- Summersville WV Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 207
- Significant and substantial
- 27 (13.0%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 7
- Proposed penalties
- $106,623
- Amount paid so far
- $65,456
- Inspections
- 28
- Inspector hours on site
- 2,744
- Citations per inspection
- 7.39 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 7
- Injury and illness cases
- 6
- Fatalities
- 1
- Latest MSHA record
- November 3, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 8 ($91,629 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | $1,208 | 0 |
| 2024 | 52 | 5 | $13,012 | 1 |
| 2025 | 61 | 10 | $28,354 | 4 |
| 2026 | 86 | 12 | $64,049 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Rolling Thunder Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 32 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 25 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 75.604 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 75.1725 | Underground coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 75.360 | Underground coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 75.342 | Underground coal mines, safety | 8 |
| 30 CFR 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 75.523-3 | Underground coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 75.362 | Underground coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 72.630 | Part 72 | 4 |
| 30 CFR 75.1403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 75.517 | Underground coal mines, safety | 4 |
Injury and illness cases at Rolling Thunder Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 3 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 2 |
What the accident reports at Rolling Thunder Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 4 |
| Inundation | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Fall of roof or back | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Rolling Thunder Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Continuous miner | 1 |
| Shuttle car | 1 |
| Mancar | 1 |
Other open mines in Nicholas County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Fork Eagle | Nicholas Contura LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 89 | 1,069 |
| Brooke Prep Plant | Falls Run Operations LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 7 | 27 |
| HWM 58 | South Fork Coal Co., LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 17 |
| Power Mountain Processing | Power Mountain Contura LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 32 | 13 |
| Auger No. 1 | Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining, LLC. | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 11 |
| Rockcamp Impoundments 1 & 2 | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 11 |
| Birch River Surface Mine No. 1 | Birch River Resources, LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 7 | 6 |
| 3125 Salem Auger | Bundy Auger Mining Inc | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 6 |
| CV30 | Coal-Mac Met, LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 2 |
| Collins Rock Quarry | Braxton Materials LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Crushed, broken sandstone | 1 | 1 |
| Hominy #1 Surface Mine | Quinwood Coal Company LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 1 |
| Peerless No. 1 Surface Mine | Black Water, Inc | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 0 |
| Bam VA Auger | Bundy Auger Mining Inc | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Birch River Plant No. 1 | Birch River Resources, LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Lilly Fork Surface Mine | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (lignite) | 0 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.