Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining

Operate underground loading machine to load coal, ore, or rock into shuttle or mine car or onto conveyors. Loading equipment may include power shovels, hoisting engines equipped with cable-drawn scraper or scoop, or machines equipped with gathering arms and conveyor.

Job Task

• Operates levers to move conveyor boom or shovel to move mine contents into car or onto conveyor.
• Advances machine to gather material and convey it into car at rear.
• Stops gathering arms when car is full.
• Drives machine into pile of material blasted from working face.
• Pries off loose material from roof and moves it into path of machine with crowbar.
• Moves trailing electrical cable clear of obstructions, using rubber safety gloves.
• Starts conveyor boom and gathering-arm motors.

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