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DOT Code: 932.687-010

Industry: mine & quarry
Alternate Titles: loader; railroad-car loader

Loads trucks, railroad cars, or conveyors with sand, gravel, coal, crushed stone, or other minerals: Pulls levers or presses buttons to open and close chute of storage bin to regulate flow of materials. Loosens clogged material, using metal bar or compressed air. May position cars under chute [Car Dropper (mine & quarry)]. May spray water on materials to settle dust. May keep record of materials loaded. May pry and blast loose mined coal impounded behind battery (stop gate) of storage chute in steeply pitching seams, to load mine cars, and be designated Battery Starter (mine & quarry).

GOE: 05.12.03 STRENGTH: M GED: R1 M1 L1 SVP: 1 DLU: 77