A miner was killed at the Mountain View Mine in Tucker County, West Virginia, on Nov. 6, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Alliance Resource Partners owns the mine. That company is owned by Kelly and Joe Craft, who are prominent political donors in Kentucky.
Kelly Craft served as the United Nations ambassador in the first Trump administration and unsuccessfully ran in the Republican primary for governor.
Earlier this month, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey identified the miner who died as 25-year-old Joey Mitchell Jr.
MSHA didn’t update its mine fatality reports for weeks during the government shutdown. The agency should release more information on Mitchell’s death in the coming days.
Five of the seven coal mine fatalities MSHA has recorded this year were in West Virginia. The other two were in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
According to the company’s website, the Mountain View Mine produced 1.1 million tons of coal in 2023. A company representative didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
