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Rooting Creek Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by La Rosa Corp
420 Buckhannon, Harrison County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608062

MSHA record for Rooting Creek Mine (mine ID 4608062). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Aug 1992
Ownership history
  1. La Rosa Fuel Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rooting Creek Mine sits in Harrison County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Harrison County, West Virginia · Population 65,407
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,326
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1992 · 4 incidents

August 13, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
La Rosa Fuel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

85061S LIFTING A WATER PUMP AND AS HE TURNED TO PLACE THE PUMP IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION HE PULLED MUSCLE.

April 8, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
La Rosa Fuel Company Inc · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE GOT HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN A HAND CRAB RAIL EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS OFF A DOZER.

February 18, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
La Rosa Fuel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING DOZER UP OVER A DIP A SUDDEN JOLT CAUSED OPERATOR TO LIFT OFF OF SEAT WHILE LOOKING BACKEWARDS IN A TWISTED POSITION CAUSING A LUMBAR STRAIN.