https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/899acd0ae4943812a166aaf31d0bcae9.pdf 3a3fb200a1e451c59255e68248fff1de PDF Text Text 1 Bo.yl0O □: ~ - I. ,r;,. Horam. th t:70 1,>rinto of tho !'.1ine Oraan.:zation Ch!ll'ta prep::u-c,u .. -~ Yeal'; S -~~, ~ ~ 0 -;: you luo-i; thssa twntioned in co!lllection u! fu Reports on Under~olAI.LY. Ul)al"vis1on for l!obile Loading Maeh1!!0s .rejlZ"Od'ucad ~CD. tho M i ~ Co~--es~ J0Ul'nal, 0 It uould app0ar thai ,._he chart prepa?e as per YO'\ll" iilfltrucUons a vant"1gsous for OU? op~iions than those con-~ained in !a themo:c0 reporto ·- \ �MINE 0/rt;AN/ZAT/ON CHART CCWV£Y<:W MININtS S'vPERINrE/IIOENr stsr,4/1/T S/RERINTENOEN r IN CHARGE N l<SHT SHIFT MAST£R MeCHANIC ANO M IN£ F OREMAN /ST. SHIFT CHl£F ELECTR/CIAN MACK/NE BOSSES SHOP FOREMAN CHIEF MINE Ct-ERK PAYROLL CLERK REPAIR M eN MAT£RIAL Ct-ERK MINE CL£RI< cNO SHIFT MtNEF~AN ZNO. SHIFT TIPPLE FOREMAN REPAIRMEN M INE CLERK 3RD SHIFT MINE FOREMAN 3RO S,t.t1Fr ARE BOSSES �MINE ORG<\NIZATION .C HART MOBILE LOAOER MINING S UPERINTE N DEN T ASSIS TANT Sl/PERINTENOENT I N CHARGE NIISHT SHIFT MAST.a? Ma:;,,,ANIC ANO MINE FOREMA N CHI EF ELECTRICIAN 1ST SHIF T M A CHINE Bosses S HOP FOREMAN TIPPL E F OREMAN PAYROLL CLERK REPAIRMEN Ai4TeRIAL CL.ERK MINE CLER/\ MIN£ FCWEM<\N CNO SHIFT CND S H IFT TIPPLE FOREMAN REPAIRMEN IYIINe Fa,;>£M AN MIN£ CL£RK 3RD Slf/FT 3Ro SHIFT TIPPLE FOREMAN REM IRMEN FIRE BOSSES - -- - - - - --- -- - - - - - �ReJP((]) :rrit ((]) nn 1lJfill cd1err g:rr ((]) 1lJliffi col § nnIfD ewvn §Jl1Dfill f 1Drr M1Dlb>iilie IL1D aclmg M21~Ihifurue§ B y the Committee on Mechanical Loading RHE REPORT presented her e has been prepared by the committee after a comprehensive study of the supervisory methods used by a number of coal companies operating in various fields. The committee wishes to stat e that its intent is not to tell the industry exactly how all mines should be organized, but to point out organizational practices which seem to be generally satisfactory. Modification of these organizational practices are sometimes made necessary by the personalities and the ca pabilities of the key .men involved and by the conditions and plan of mining of the particular mine. Seven groups of officials having directive authority over other men are considered. Their duties are tabulated in the accompanying summary and also are outlined in the two organizational charts submitted herewith, while the following is a detailed discussion of the specific duties of these officials: 1. il1Iine Superintendent The mine superintendent supervises the entire operation, but controls underground supervision by direct line authority through the mine foreman, safety engineer and master mechanic. 2. Sa.fety Eng-ineer The modern mechanized mine has a need for a safety inspector or safety engineer whose duties should be considerably more than the usual routine of collecting rock dust samples, taking methane readings and training mine rescue teams. He should be a competent mining man duly qualified by experience and judgment to make constructive suggestions, and should have personality and tact so as to secure a satisfactory degree of cooperation from the mine foreman. The safety engineer should report directly to the mine superintendent and should work in cooperation with the mine foreman, having a voice in general mining problems, particularly in regard to ventilation. He should have authority to stop work in any place he deems unsafe until the place is made safe. His duties should •include regularly scheduled inspections of each section an d he should report on t he oper ating condition of equipment fr om the viewpoint of saf ety as well as on working conditions in th e section. In la r ge mines he may r equire one or more a ssistants, or even a depar tmental setup. The safety eng ineer should investigat e all accidents, deter mining the cause and making r ecommendations of steps to be taken to prevent r eoccurrence of similar accidents. He should hold frequent educational meetings wi t h men and their foremen, in various classes of work, to discuss their safety problems in detail. 3. Mine Forema,n Duties of the mine foreman, or mine manager, are prescribed by law to some degree in all coal producing states. Regardless of existence of safety departments, or multiple shift operation of mines, or organization by functional control within the setup of management; the mine foreman by law is primarily responsible for · all underground conditions, for the maintenance of safe practices underground and is, like the captain of the ship, the final authority in the mine. Responsibility is delegated to him by the mine superintendent, or his assistant, or his equivalent. In turn he may delegate responsibility to assistant mine foremen in charge of shifts, assistant foremen in charge of sections of the mine and assistants in charge of one unit. The mine foreman should have the last word in hiring men and likewise the last word in firing men. Direct orders should be received from the mine foreman and transmitted through channels of direct line authority to the individual. This plan should be modified only in cases involving safety or some emergency which may require direct act i o 11 . Proper underground discipline requires that this principle be observed. Th<;! mine fo1·eman should have active REPRINTED FROM MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL MUNs,v BUILDING WASHINGTON, D, C. superv1s1on of the first or day shift and directive supervision of the other s hift or shifts. 4. Master Mecha.nic A n ormal delegation of a uthority in actual practice, and in some states by mine Jaw, is in r egard to mechanical and electrical installation and , maintenance undergr ound. It is seldom that t he mine fo rema n has the n ecessary qualificati ons to properly supervise. th is work. H e may have charge of t lw operat ion, but as far as the installati on and maintenance is concerned, this h as t o come under some other man specially qualified in those lines, u sually known a s a chief electrician, master mechanic or machine boss. In some states the chief electrician, is now equall y responsible with the mine foreman _in complying with the state law as to the condition of electrical a pparatus and power lines. These several delegations of authority are necessary in operations of any size; ·especially if the mine is mechanized. ' However, it is felt that the mine foreman, in case of any question or dispute, must be the man who has the final authority. Men employed in machinery maintenance such as mechanics, electricians, greasers and repairmen make up the crew of the machine boss who may have •assistants on other operating shifts. These men are responsible directly to the machine boss or master mechanic, but must also be subject to the mine foreman of their shift while underground. Conversely substation a tt endants, wiremen, pumpers and similar groups may also take direction and instruction from the master mechanic as a supplemental authority. The practice of having the maintena nce foreman or master mechanic responsible directly to the mine superintendent seems to be satisfactory. In general the maintenance f o rem an should have full responsibilty for the condition of the equipment and full r esponsibility for the functioning of ma intenance men. Normally one or �... more shift repair bosses are subordinate to the maintenance foreman. These men report directly to him and in his absence handle as many of his duties as their abilities permit. The relationship of the maintenance foreman to the mine foreman and his organization in mines which seem most succ:essful, include the following general classifications: A. Situations where the maintenance foreman has authority over the mine foreman, or his assistants. 1. The maintenance foreman or one of his subordinates finding equipment unsafe or liable to fail mechanically, can stop the operation of the equipment. 2. The maintenance foreman or one of his subordinates has authority to halt harmful practices of operators who abuse their machines. 3. The maintenance foreman has authority to demand opportunity to grease and maintain the equipment. B. Situations where the mine foreman, or his assistants, has authority over the maintenance foreman. 1. The mine foreman or his assistants have authority over the safety practices of the maintenance force. 2. The mine foreman or his assistants have the right to remove the maintenance force or any men from any portion of the mine that they should deem unsafe. C. Situations where the mine foreman and maintenance foreman have equal authority which the superintendent must decide. 1. Buck passing involving the attempt of one group to hide their own failures b eh i n d those of the other. 2. Most practices involving production in which the maintenance and operating departments take opposite sides. 3. However, in the absence of the superintendent and when some action must be taken immediately for safety or operating reasons, the mine foreman must h a v e t h e final say-so. The maintenance foreman should also have the authority to instruct the assistant foremen in regard to certain practices of operation that increase maintenance cost. Invariably, maintenance foremen become thoroughly familiar with the personnel who are operating certain types of equipment, and the maintenance foreman should be consulted and his recommendation given consideration when new men are picked as operators of equipment. TABULATED SUMMARY OF THE DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF THE OPERATING OFFICIALS FOR MINES WITH MOBILE MECHANICAL LOADING Duties Authority MINE SUPERINTENDENT Supervises the entire operation Has authority over Mine Foremen; Safety Engineer; Master Me- • chanic. SAFETY ENGINEER (Ventilation Engineer) (Company Inspector) Supervises safety of operations Has authority over men working under • dangerous conditions; Ventilation; Rock Dusting; Safety Education. MINE FOREMAN (General Mine Foreman) (Mine Manager) (Pit Boss) Supervises the day shift Has authority over Fire Bosses; Active supervision of first shift; Directive supervision over second and third shifts. MASTER MECHANIC Supervises maintenance crews and mechani(Chief Electrician) (Maintenance Foreman) cal equipment (Machine Boss) Has authority over Repair crews; Underground shop; Outside shop. ASST. FOREMAN Supervises work in a section Has authority over Second Assistant Foremen in his section or crews for the general mine operations. SECOND ASST. FOREMAN (Section Boss) (Unit Boss) (Face Boss) Supervises operating crew Has authority over men in his mechanical Ioa ding unit, which may be on entry development or on production in rooms and pillars. TRANSPORTATION FOREMAN (Dispatcher) (Motor Boss) (Boss Driver) Supervise haulage Has authority over main line and secondary haulage; Supply delivery; Transmitting information. *Position • NOTE: Om_c ial titles for similnr positions vnry in different localities, nnd this summary shows Jn parentheses, synonymous titles which are in more or less customary US(?. The close cooperation of mine foreman, maintenance foreman and all assistant foremen in the choice of the operator and the operation of the units will be a great help to the successful operation of mechanical loading. 5. Assistant Foreman In large mines the need for assistant mine foremen occurs when the mine is so large that the mine foreman is unable personally to supervise the general crews and the assistant foremen in active charge of sections. Such assistant foremen have delegated authority from the mine foreman to supervise certain crews or groupi< of crews. These men should have mine foreman papers (or assistant mine foremen papers) and any of them should be capable of taking the place of the mine foreman or shift foreman in their absence. Actually men in this group are "legs" for the foreman, to help him cover a job beyond the physical limitations of a single man. In those cases where it is desirable to have an assistant to the mine foreman to supervise several sections or units, this man usually would also look after the general and relay haulage serving his various units; supervise the ordering and 1·ecovering of material, the placing and removal of wiring, the general ventilation, drainage, timbering and trackwork back MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL �I _. line timbering and track maintenaIJce substation attendants, pumpers, rock dusters, road cleaners. Sometimes there is enough of this work to warrant putting it in charge of an assistant foreman. Hl!IE SUl'iRIL'TllillEl,'T So.fcty Rn&lneer Hl!IE lORD'~ Y.aater kechanlc 6. Second Assistant Foreman . The most important phases of mside supervision is, naturally, the operations at the face. It is felt ·,;hat each mechanical loading unit sh ;uld have a separate unit foreman for best operation and safety in all cases except those where only very small c:.-ews are operated for development or other reasons, and where two or three crews are so close together that they can be properly supervised by one man. This is seldom the case and it has been observed over a period of years that there has been more and more of a tendency for each mechanical loading unit to have a boss of its own. These foremen should have absolute charge of the timbering, track, cutting, drilling, shooting, loading and any other operations at and near the face. In most mining systems the section in which a mechanical loading unit is located is a separate area, and in such cases the unit foreman would naturally have charge of all that section back to the side track or to the outside of the panel in which his ma- .,cd Shl!t F'> :"f' ll'.All _ ___I SPco nd I . Foro~a n : _,___ ond . or ocen '-.: 1 .__C~r~•v~•'------'1 • 1••,- - - tl on , --- Gene ral Crew Chart I-Supervisory organization plan for multiple shift operation• from the face and might be in direct charge of groups o'f general timbermen or trackmen, if the situation is such that such groups are used and shifted from section to section. Where all normal mining operations are completed on one shift and a second shift is required only for maintenance and supply delivery, the foreman of the second shift is the night mine foreman ( or night shift boss). He is responsible directly to the mine foreman who devotes most of his attention to the day shift. The night foreman should have .mine foreman papers or certificate, or assistant mine foreman papers. The a,ctual requirements as to mine foreman or assistant mine foreman certificates will vary slightly from state to state. Where two or three production shifts are involved, the second or third shift foremen are directly responsible to the mine foreman . These men are directly responsible for everything · underground during their tour of duty, and where this tour of duty involves regular production these men should have mine foreman certificates. It is best that the mine foreman remain in active charge of one of the working shifts and that the shift foremen of the other shifts report directly to him. It is altogether a different thing to operate a mine three shifts, six days a week, than it is to operate it one shift, or two shifts. Many problems are multiplied out of all proportion to the number of shifts and there are MARCH , 1943 Hllll sunRlllnllDUT Sa.te ty %ngineer HIME lOJ!DW! Matter M•ch&Aic lit Shi!t Machine 1011 Night J'orema.n _ .........____ ,. -- -, I '--'---- I I r - _.., _ - - - - _, ·- ~ -.----_-_,___--. I Main Haulage t I I ,---,----'--~ I ,pair Crew Svlnc I Haul&&e I r-), - I I t , ~---'-Supply Dolin L _,., t· I ~..... 17 L_ ->-, Chart 2-Supervisory organization plan for single shift operation problems that never exist in single or double-shifted mines which become very important in triple-shifted ones. All crews assigned to irregular or special jobs report directly to the foreman in charge of their shift. These include grading, wiring, building of stoppings and other masonry, main chine is working. His section may include one or more loaders, cutters, drills and locomotives but it should be a balanced unit, not depending upon part time service of equipment under charge of another boss, except for main haulage. The unit foreman (or "face boss") �is the man directly responsible for a , section of the mine with the men at the face under his immediate control. He ranks ·as an assistant mine foreman and should hold an assistant mine foreman <;ertificate. No orders, except in emergency, should be issued to his men except by him. He should be iully accountable for performance and production .in his section. He is responsible for keeping the maintenance department acquainted with the condition of his mechanical equipment and with notification to the supply department of his supply requirements. It is usually n ecessar y for the unit foreman to make note of and t elephone out to the disp at cher for relaying to the .mine for eman, or a ssistant gener al foreman, a variety of information that it may be necessary to know for the oncoming cr ews ahead of the time that these cr ews come in so th at men can be properly spotted, equipment transferred, suppl ies routed, etc. Such informat ion that it is somet imes necessary to r elay an hour, or t wo hours, before the end of each shift would cover such things as fall s to be made, wire to be extended or taken out, pipe lines t o be laid, doors to be hung, stoppings to b~ built, heavy roof falls or bottom rolls to be drilled and shot by the compressor men, places in dangerous condition, etc. The unit foreman and the general assistant, if any, must necessarily keep in touch with the transportation foreman, or dispatcher, to keep him informed of any unusual occurrences that may affect his operations, such as machinery breakdowns, haulage troubles, etc., the foreseen stepup or slowdown in loading operations due to condition of places, and a variety of other conditions. It is felt that by reporting the condition of each place at the end of each shift by each crew marking the timbering and cuts that they make, and by constant observation and checking by an assistant mine foreman, that the unit foreman can be held better in line which will tend to promote better cooperation and, therefore, better tonnage. There are many cases where the unit foreman has his hands full ii he takes care of operations at the face and does not concern himself with relay haulage, maintenance, track, timbering, wiring, etc., in his section back from the face, or where the unit foreman is qualified only as a leader or pusher, in which case the broad and general aspects of his work, as well as perhaps one or two other units, must be supervised by another man who would be his superior. This is also particularly true where two or three units are working on one pillar line where it is of utmost importance that each and every place be worked just at the right time and in the proper manner to keep the rib line straight and the pillar work cons~quently, in good condition. 7. Transportation Forernan The transportation foreman, or his equivalent under another name, is the supervisor of main haulage, secondary or swing motor haulagi:l, mantrips, dispatching and supply delivery. In some cases this man has charge of recovery of material. He is responsible directly to the mine foreman or his shift foreman. He keeps track of the whereabouts of all f o r e m e n , fire bosses, maintenance men and any other key men. All in all, he is the nerve center of the mine, receiving and transmitting information and keeping informed of what is going on at all times. Summary Everything possible should be done to uphold the .authority and prestige of any foreman in charge of any class of work, because if this is not done his efficiency and usefulness is greatly reduced. Each foreman must be backed to the limit and any attempt by workmen to go around him must be prevented at all times by referring him to his own foreman on any question that he raises pertaining to his work. Officials can prevent labor dispute.s by fair and firm dealing with all men regardless of their personal feeling. All foremen should learn to hold their ~; ·temper; never make decisions that af- r feet their men when they are angry and should cultivate the friendly respect of the men towards them. If they can convince the men they are fair and absolutely square in their dealings with them, do not fly off the handle and swear; they will eliminate mapy labor disputes. A foreman should also know how to give instructions in regard to the work he wants performed. If these instructions are clear, right to the point so there is no misunderstanding, he will eliminate many petty grievances and arguments. Officials in the mine should be relieved of the annoyance of a multitude of reports, with the bookkeeping simplified and boiled down to the essential reports in addition to their state reports. Mine foremen, assistant mine foremen and fire bosses are qualified state officials, as are chief electricians and others in some states. These men have legal responsibilities as well as duties to the company employing them. All of this demands that careful thought be given to the selection of all underground officials, their further training, their relationship to one another and to the organization as a whole, and their working conditions-all in accordance with the dignity and responsibilities of their position. Approved by Committee on Mechanical Loading, January, 1943. S. M. CASSIDY, Cha:inruin NEWELL G. ALFORD R. S. BIGELOW G. s. BRACKEYI'T A. J. BREITENSTEIN E. R. COOPER f. ~----·-~·-- E.D.GALL E. H. JOHNSON A. W. HESSE W. B. JAMISON G. J. STOLLINGS HENRY THIES H. A. TREADWELL CHAS. C. WHALEY J. A. YOUNKINS ). . -- - ,. ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0081 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource I. M. Charles Title A name given to the resource Mine Organization Chart Subject The topic of the resource Diagrams containing two charts printed in blue ink and an attached letter. Description An account of the resource A 9.5" x 24" paper containing two charts printed in blue ink. A letter and booklet are also attached. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text and Image Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1943-05-04