Earthmoving

Undisclosed Crawl Space Topples Excavator

Feb. 22, 2024

Deere 210G tips over as crawl space collapses.

An excavator similar to this was demolishing a building in Michigan.

An operator was unhurt when the excavator he was using to demolish a building tipped into a crawl space that had not been identified. The excavator was helping in the demolition of Baseline Feed Store in Warren, Michigan.

According to a report on Fox2 in Detroit, the Deere 210G excavator almost tipped over after the crawl space collapsed under its weight. Video shows the excavator being righted by two cranes.

Construction Equipment editors evaluated the Deere excavator in its Field Test.

Fox2 also interviewed Leo, at 1:45 on the video, who has been an operator for 30 years. He told Fox2 that he was “a little bit shaken up.”

According to news reports, the crew was able to return to work later that same day.

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Rod Sutton

Sutton has served as the editorial lead of Construction Equipment magazine and ConstructionEquipment.com since 2001.

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