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Miner nearly crushes himself

2008 Reader Submission
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i work in a mine , and heard a story of a previous worker who had a jam-up in the jaw crusher( which consists of a stationary plate and a moving plate which are about 3- 4 inches apart and crush the ore between them )he decided that in order to dislodge the jam he should climb into the jaw (while it was running) and jump on the ore in an attempt to dislodge it. amazingly he managed to dislodge the ore without feeding himself into the crusher....but unfortunately was fired later that day..........GEE i wonder why?????

Submitted on 02/03/2008

Submitted by: Chris Martin
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James said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
People try to unjam all sorts of machinery, but an ore crusher pretty much takes the cake as far as potential harm goes. Working in a mine is a dangerous enough job even if one strictly adheres to all safety rules and exercises common sense. This mook didn't. Thankfully, he was fired before being chewed into paste by the ore crusher (which he probably would have tried to unjam again). Thanks, Chris. and stay safe!


Bruce said:
Maybe Toss: Personal Account
This story just doesn't do much for me. As it's just a story heard from others it qualifies at most for a PA as far as I'm concerned. As James indicated we get a lot of stories of people using limbs to try to unjam all sorts of machinery, and since there's no references and no apparent injuries I'm leaning towards tossing this one. Thanks for sending it in, Chris.


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Chris, thanks for the story. I have to take this as a personal account since there is no way to verify this but I agree with James. The device has the name "crusher" for a reason. One lucky guy there!


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