Coalcutter

One was to a coalcutterman who was caught and mutilated by the coalcutter picks whilst the jib was being withdrawn from under the coal.

The cutting chain of a longwall coalcutter was reversed in an attempt to free the jib which had become fast, and an assistant coalcutterman was caught by the moving picks.

In seams dipping at angles of 15 to 25°, the rope passes behind the coalcutter during flitting, and is fixed to the anchor prop 7 (Fig. 456).