A backhoe operator in Tennessee was rescued after the pit he was working in collapsed on top of him. The man, 53, was loading chert rock, a hard and compact sedimentary rock chiefly made up of quartz, ...

A backhoe operator working at a hangar at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday was trapped for a time inside his rig after striking an underground power line, a city fire official said. When ...

A backhoe operator was injured when he was hit by a big rock during a rockslide at a quarry site in Barangay Masiag, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat. The operator was taken to the hospital immediately and ...

A backhoe operator in middle Tennessee was saved on Tuesday after a pit of rocks and dirt he was digging collapsed and buried him alive for almost half a day, officials said. Firefighters responded ...

A backhoe operator was killed when the machine was knocked off the road, according to news reports. A tractor rear-ended the machine as they were traveling on U.S. 70 in White County, Tennessee, ...

Not long after Dan Arnit made the biggest archaeological find of his career, he had to go build a parking lot. The news of his discovery—3,000-year-old footprints made by a family walking through ...

Stolen backhoes were used in two St. John's-area robberies this week and the RNC is unable to say whether the incidents are connected. Scott Jones, of Toromont Cat, says whoever is behind the backhoe ...

MANILA, Philippines—The alleged backhoe operator in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre has been dropped as a prosecution witness and will instead be charged as one of 195 accused. State prosecutors have ...

I am a huge advocate for accountability. If we can encourage our equipment operators to feel that accountability, they will usually operate the equipment more productively (like get more done with ...

A backhoe operator was reminded Wednesday by Barrie police that stop signs apply to all vehicles. According to the Barrie force, a backhoe operator was charged Sept. 17 after failing to sufficiently ...

ST. PETER, Minn. (WCCO) -- Authorities said an operator of a backhoe that fell into a creek while clearing ice jams between St. Peter and Mankato is presumed dead. Michael Struck, 39, was a nine-year ...

ALBANY — An allegedly drunken backhoe operator was arrested after he took the heavy construction equipment for a spin on a city street, according to Albany police. Jesus O'Farril, 44, of Troy was ...