Excavator Tips, Injuring Operator in Illinois

July 30, 2025

Video: WGN News

A Caterpillar excavator operated by McDonagh Demolition tipped over into a hole on a site in Oak Forest, Illinois.

The operator was trapped for about an hour before being rescued and transported to a hospital.

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The excavator had a breaker on it, and video from the scene appears to show a section of collapsed pavement, opening a void into which the machine tipped.

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