Overview
- Rescue teams entered Nicholas County's Rolling Thunder Mine around 6 a.m. Thursday and located the foreman's body at 7:37 a.m., officials said.
- Gov. Patrick Morrisey identified the victim as Steve Lipscomb, 42, of Elkview, who was last seen working to get his crew out as water rushed in.
- Pumps removed water at roughly 6,000 gallons per minute while crews drilled boreholes and deployed dive teams during an around-the-clock, multi-day operation.
- Alpha Metallurgical Resources said the flooding occurred during routine underground work and stated it is cooperating with state and federal investigations.
- All other miners were accounted for after the incident at the Alpha-operated Rolling Thunder Mine near Belva and Drennen in West Virginia.