Excavator attempts to board floating platform, fails miserably

Wayne Grayson
Jul 7, 2016
Updated Jul 16, 2016

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A perfect example of how quickly a day can go wrong. Luckily it looks this tumble incurred no injuries other than the operator’s pride.

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