Excavator Operator Sinks In Mud A shortcut along the edge of a gravel-pit pond proved deadly for the owner of an excavating company hired to dig test holes for a client who was evaluating the site for potential construction. The man had dug one exploratory hole to determine soil content and was driving his 73,000-pound excavator to the other side of the gravel pit to dig another hole when his excavator overturned and fell into the water. The 49-year-old victim had taken a shortcut along a snow-covered bank with a 20-degree slope. As he drove, the bank sheared away and the […]