Foreman found dead after becoming trapped in West Virginia mine
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Governor Morrisey orders flags to half staff in honor of miner Steve Lipscomb
CHARLESTON, WV -- Governor Patrick Morrissey announced an order for flags to be flown at half staff in honor of Steve Lipscomb, the foreman who lost his life at the Rolling Thunder Mine in Nicholas County. According to a press release, on November 8, 2025, a portion of the Rolling Thunder Mine became flooded after [...]
Trump safety rule rollbacks loom for miners, others after recent mine deaths
The 7:37 a.m. recovery of Steve Lipscomb’s body at the Rolling Thunder Mine in the Swiss area of Nicholas County on Nov. 13, 2025 ended a 113-hour underground search mission for the 42-year-old from Elkview, marking West Virginia’s fifth mine fatality of 2025 and second in a one-week span. But a shadow over workplace safety still hangs below and aboveground in West Virginia, cast by wide-ranging safety rule rollbacks proposed by the Trump admini…
West Virginia coal miner is found dead after a 5-day search in flooded mine
Veteran coal miner and crew leader Steve Lipscomb, 38, was found dead in the Rolling Thunder mine at 7:30am on Thursday, five days after he became trapped by a sudden inrush of water from an abandoned adjacent mine.
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