coalcutterman

plural coalcuttermen

1. The operator of a coalcutter.

   There were five other fatalities on conveyor faces, involving two fillers, a chargeman,- stoneman, and a coalcutterman.

   1943, Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain., Annual Conference, page 65

   2 more examples

   One was to a coalcutterman who was caught and mutilated by the coalcutter picks whilst the jib was being withdrawn from under the coal.

   1949, Great Britain Ministry of Fuel and Power, Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines Under the Coal Mines Act, 1911

   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.

   1955, Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines Under the Coal Mines Act, page 14

   Synonyms: cutterman