Mining Machine Operators, All Other

Description

All other mining machine operators not classified separately above.

Category

Extractive

SOC Code

47-5049

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Blast, drill, remove, or crush rock
• Extract coal
• Extract mercury ore (cinnabar)
• Inhale Rhizopus nigricans in a coal mine
• Lead mining
• Load or dump dusty rock, stone, or sand
• Mine asbestos
• Mine or crush chromium ores
• Mine or crush manganese ores
• Work in tunnel construction for years with heavy exposure to NO2 (blasting & diesel exhaust)