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 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, ...

HAMPSHIRE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Rescue teams saved a backhoe operator who was covered in dirt for 12 hours Tuesday night in Lewis County. The man’s head was kept above the dirt by a small void that formed ...

Most families groan when orange cones and blinking lights indicate construction detours. Not Lori Alexander’s family. Alexander, the 42-year-old mother of two, wrote the new picture book “Backhoe Joe” ...

The backhoe loader has a material-handling bucket at the front and an excavating tool (backhoe) at the rear. Most use two large wheels at the rear of the chassis to power the vehicle, and two smaller ...