Heavy equipment industry sees rise in female operators like ‘Teaspoon’

Her name is Lena Turek–but on the job site, everyone knows her as “Teaspoon.” The 24-year-old is commanding some of the ...
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VR training helps heavy equipment operators build skills

EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A crew is hard at work loading up dump trucks on a virtual jobsite as part of the Associated General Contractors of Vermont’s newest piece of machinery -- a heavy ...
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Top 5 Dangers of Working With Heavy Equipment

In 2021, the construction industry reported the highest number of fatal work injuries in the private sector—many of which resulted from preventable accidents. The key to preventing these accidents is ...
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Lumina hopes this 32-ton dozer makes them the Tesla of heavy equipment [video]

San Francisco-based equipment startup Lumina wants to emulate Elon Musk’s success in the electric construction equipment world – and they hope their new, 32-ton electric bulldozer is enough to make ...
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Effective Strategies for Heavy Equipment Fleet Tire Maintenance

Tires are vital in heavy equipment fleet operations because they relate directly to machines’ load capacities and fuel consumption. The tire manufacturing process, type — solid or pneumatic — and ...