Child Labor The younger children worked in pairs, one as a hurrier, the other as a thruster, but the older children and women worked alone. Hurriers would be harnessed to the tub, and thrusters would help hurriers by pushing the tubs of coal from behind with their hands and the tops of their heads. Child labor began to … •They often worked in very dangerous conditions … child labor What coltan mining in the DRC costs people and the environment The Legislation of 1842 - Child Labor During the Industrial … CHILDREN