Quarry Worker Job Description:

Performs any combination of following tasks in rock quarry: Removes mud and muck from surface of stone, using pick, shovel, and steam hose. Chips irregularities from stone slabs to produce uniform, rectangular shapes and reduce shipping weights, using pick. Loosens blasted stone, using pick and crowbar. Cuts notches (dog-holes) in blocks of stone with pick and hammer, and attaches hoisting cables, hooks, or slings to stone. Breaks stone into pieces, using sledgehammer. Loads broken rock into boxes to be hoisted from quarry, using shovel, stone fork, or hands. Loosens blasted stone with bar or pick and skids rock into position for breaking.