Do we have any coal miners on the forum?

I was just talking about this. My first time underground we had to put precut rubber pieces on the back shields of the roof supports to keep debris out. So here we are welding on the ”gob” side of the longwall. The roof is not bolted or supported. The roof in fact is designed to collapse as the longwall advances.
This was Powhatan Point, Ohio. Other times it was laying in mud welding lugs on the chain conveyor. The one thing I won’t forget is after working a long shift everyone piled on a mine transport that MSHA says is safe for 4 miners. So here we are, 19 guys hauling *** heading out. Someone yells, CHICKEN, everyone shuts their headlamp off and the transports headlights. Total darkness, balls to the wall, better than any amusement park.