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American coal miner dies in power shovel crash

MINING.com Editor | August 18, 2013 | 11:20 pm Energy Coal 

Jacob Dowdy of Upton, Wyoming, 24, lost his life when a power shovel crashed into two pickup trucks at coal mine site very early on Friday morning.

Early reports claim that the shovel was moving up a ramp at an Arch Coal Inc. mine in Northeast Wyoming when it began to roll backwards and into the trucks.

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