LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sunday’s deadly roof collapse inside a Harlan County coal mine sheds light on miner deaths which are trending higher. James Brown, 33, who was an experienced roof bolter, became the ...
The only way to move up in the ranks as a coalminer is through skill, experience, and knowledge. I was still relatively new to the job, and to most of my co-workers, I was inexperienced. I had four ...
I was still working on a crew cutting a new slope entrance to the mine. As we cut deeper into the mountain, we went through different strata. When the material changed, our methods for controlling the ...
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Immersive Technologies furthers its commitment to the mining industry with the development of simulators (Conversion Kit®) for Underground Coal Mining. Simulators include Continuous Miners, Shuttle ...
October 28, 2014 – COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Atlas Copco’s fully mechanized Boltec S bolter is a compact unit suited to work in smaller tunnels and mines. The mechanized rock bolting rig can be used to ...