Coal Region History Chronicles: Mules Drivers And Spraggers
Sep 15, 2008· The danger drivers and spraggers encountered is listed count less times in the reports of the mine inspectors, from the 1870's through the 1930's. The most common type of accident was being squeezed by mine cars, kicked by a mule or run over by cars. Drivers and runners are the principal sufferers of being crushed by mine cars.