Continuous Mining Machine Operators

Description

Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the face and load it onto conveyors or into shuttle cars in a continuous operation.

Category

Extractive

SOC Code

47-5041

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Blast, drill, remove, or crush rock
• Extract coal
• Inhale Rhizopus nigricans in a coal mine
• Lead mining
• Work in tunnel construction for years with heavy exposure to NO2 (blasting & diesel exhaust)