The Legacy Ft Nick Laviolette Ep.162

I wonder, um, a- as miners, you know, what's that like when the people that you work alongside are trapped and, and you have to go after them in that way? Wonder what was going through his mind.

I can't imagine, because I've been, I've been in that situation.

I've, I've been beneath the muck pile.

[laughs]

Yeah.

You know.

Um, but I've never had, uh, a partner or, or a coworker have that because, um, I've always been the, you know, in the managerial position.

So-

Yeah

... my p- policy in my career has been if I'm nervous about it or I'm scared of it, I do it.

Hmm.

So whenever something's happened, it's been to me in my career just a couple times, but early in, early on.

But-

So what-

... obviously I'm okay

...

so you, you've been under it.

Do you mind sharing some of that with us?

Um, we were at, uh, repairing a tunnel fire in, um, uh, Mount Ashland, Oregon, and we were doing top heading steel sets.

And where that is is when the ground's really, really terrible, you fix the top first, get yourself ahead a few sets, and then you come back behind and you dig down, and then you put the posts in.

Okay.

That's the dangerous part where the sides can slough.

And-

Wow

... you know, you kinda get yourself secured, roped off, rope system, buddy system behind you.

I wonder, um, a- as miners, you know, what's that like when the people that you work alongside are trapped and, and you have to go after them in that way? Wonder what was going through his mind.

I can't imagine, because I've been, I've been in that situation.

I've, I've been beneath the muck pile.

[laughs]

Yeah.

You know.

Um, but I've never had, uh, a partner or, or a coworker have that because, um, I've always been the, you know, in the managerial position.

So-

Yeah

... my p- policy in my career has been if I'm nervous about it or I'm scared of it, I do it.

Hmm.

So whenever something's happened, it's been to me in my career just a couple times, but early in, early on.

But-

So what-

... obviously I'm okay

...

so you, you've been under it.

Do you mind sharing some of that with us?

Um, we were at, uh, repairing a tunnel fire in, um, uh, Mount Ashland, Oregon, and we were doing top heading steel sets.

And where that is is when the ground's really, really terrible, you fix the top first, get yourself ahead a few sets, and then you come back behind and you dig down, and then you put the posts in.

Okay.

That's the dangerous part where the sides can slough.

And-

Wow

... you know, you kinda get yourself secured, roped off, rope system, buddy system behind you.