An excavator operator escaped serious injury Tuesday morning after his machine tumbled down the side of an eroded embankment while clearing debris along storm-damaged railroad tracks in Santa Barbara ...

Excavators provide an ideal platform for working on slopes when they are properly equipped and run by skilled operators. But this type of work requires a greater attention to detail than working on ...

The driving skill contest aims to increase excavator operators' awareness of environmental protection. Photo: Courtesy of the event organizer After getting through 32 city-level and four regional ...

The latest OEM technology available in what is a market sweet spot for hydraulic excavators (27 to 36 metric tons) focuses on features geared to help operators do their jobs easier and with more ...

A heavy equipment operator escaped without injuries after the excavator they were operating flipped upside down into the ...

To help meet the industry’s persistent demand for heavy equipment operators, Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers has gone virtual. Facing a bottleneck in getting apprentices ...

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 ...