Excavation obstacles: Watch your back when working around digging equipment

May 18, 2015

The accident: A backhoe operator was moving fill dirt, after which other workers spread and compacted the fill. The operator positioned his backhoe too close to the edge of the excavation, and his machine toppled over, striking a compactor operator.

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