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Voices: A coal mining accident left him depressed and in ‘crippling’ pain. But this Utahn says the industry is worth saving.

“It’s a very, very, very rough industry. But I worked around a lot of really good people. It’s in your blood.”

(Cody Potter) Cody Potter, pictured in the Genwal mine — later named Crandall Canyon Mine — in 2004, spoke with The Tribune about how injury, tragedy and counseling has shaped his views on coal mining and why it’s still worth saving a “dying industry.”