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July 7, 2015 WV · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wildcat Energy, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that when he bent over to pick up a bundle of plates he felt a pain in his lower back.

May 16, 2015 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wildcat Energy, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee stated that he was struck in the right leg by a stack of pie pans that had fallen off the top of the canopy of the Roof Bolter Machine.

March 23, 2015 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wildcat Energy, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee stated that he was attempting to hang the line curtain on a curtain hook where the top was too high for him to reach from the ground. The employee jumped up to snag the curtain on the hook, but cut his right index finger in the process requiring 6 sutures.

March 12, 2015 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wildcat Energy, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee stated that while he was attempting to place a roofbolt into the drill pot, the plate became lodged in the drill steel guide. When the employee attempted to remove the fouled plate, his right thumb was pinched between the plate and the drill guide, resulting in a fracture.

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