Mining Incidents

Royal No 12 Mine Coal

Royal Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by National Bulk Carriers
Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605542

MSHA record for Royal No 12 Mine (mine ID 4605542). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Rainelle Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1977
  2. Royal Coal Company 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Royal No 12 Mine sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.