Backhoe woes: Make sure your machine is blocked or chocked before leaving it on a slope

Apr 14, 2014

The accident: A backhoe operator was working on covering a pipe in a drainage ditch next to a retaining wall. He parked the machine on a slope and exited the backhoe while leaving the bucket, which was full of rocks and gravel, elevated.

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