Worker swims to safety from sinking excavator

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Worksafe Victoria warning about the dangers of operating mobile plant around water

Submerged excavator while pumping water out of quarry pit.

Submerged excavator while pumping water out of quarry pit. | Credits: Worksafe Victoria

An excavator operator working in a flooded quarry pit in Victoria had a lucky escape when he was forced to swim out of the machine after it became submerged. He had been positioning the 75t machine…

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