Wyoming man killed in mine accident in Campbell County By John Roedel on July 22, 2021
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GILLETTE, Wyo. Falling boom equipment has killed a man at a Wyoming coal mine in Campbell County.
A section of a boom on a 200-ton (181-metric-ton) crane fell Wednesday and hit the shoulder and neck of Jeff A. Wendland, 31, at the Black Thunder mine, Campbell County Undersheriff Quentin Reynolds said.
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The report says that Wendland was a millwright at the mine. He had been at Black Thunder for 13 years, according to a statement from the mine’s parent company, Arch Natural Resources.
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