Robbie Clemons, Mine Service Worker
My Job
Fixing the leak
When we're fixing a leak, they send us a pipe from the surface to underground. We pick it up and get all the tools and equipment we need.
Our main tools are ratchets for bolts. We may have to use a Scooptram (load-haul-dump vehicle) or a scissorlift deck to raise us to the height of the pipe, which is usually attached to the ‘ceilings' of the drifts or tunnels. We take the old pipe out and put the new one in.
It's pretty routine after a while.