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 ...

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The operator of a backhoe got an unexpected swim Wednesday morning.Pottawattamie County sheriff's investigators said two men were working with the backhoe around 9:30 a.m., when it somehow tipped and ...

Clifton Carr climbs up to the cab of the nearly 8-ton machine and buckles himself in with a neon safety belt. He moves his sunglasses from his eyes to the brim of his hat, then waits for his mark.