Considering its current definition (see below) and the wish to be politically correct, I wonder whether the word has come to acquire any racist overtone.
What is a coal miner hewer-Ask.com. Coal miner hewer is a person who hews or cuts the coal from its natural situation. The hewer is the actual coal-digger removing it from the coal face.
Re: Coal Miner Hewer. i remembered,you need to type in the area where the mine is or was ,i did durham and should have all the local info,they all had funny names and stuff,the lists of disasters is really sad,half of them where just kids.really good for historians as some are very well documented.suex.