Novice operators can impact the cost to operate your dozers and related undercarriage expense, but modern electronics help protect your investment while dramatically increasing productivity. “The ...

Caterpillar is putting that century-old design to work in its heaviest tracked dozer yet – and the efficiency gains are incredible.

Privately hired operators have various experience levels, but all must complete an annual course in fire line safety.Authorities have released little information about how Varney and Smith died.Their ...

BIG SUR (CBS SF/AP) -- Monterey County officials on Thursday identified the bulldozer operator killed in the fire as 35-year-old Robert Reagan of Fresno County. Reagan died Tuesday night in a tragic ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SLOUGHHOUSE — The deaths of two bulldozer ...

effectively to a student training on a Cat Simulators system. The U.S. Bureau of Labor projects more than 50,800 new heavy equipment operator positions will be added to the U.S. workforce every year ...

CAL FIRE released a preliminary accident report this week, detailing what led to the death of heavy fire equipment operator Braden Varney. The Mariposa County father and second-generation firefighter ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said a 59-year-old crawler dozer operator was killed when he failed to engage the safety lever when exiting the machine. As the machine started to ...

REDDING, Calif. – Not all firefighters carry a hose or shovel. The adrenaline junkies who steer heavy bulldozers across steep ridges face serious hazards, from smoke and flames but also from unsteady ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As California's wildfire season ramps up statewide, it's not only firefighters getting called to the front lines. While aerial and engine attacks are vital to fire suppression ...