A backhoe operator noticed several skulls in the bucket of his machine.

Russell P. Hebert, 80, a retired backhoe operator for a construction company, said his children had prodded him to learn to use a computer.

If we can get a backhoe operator, we could be done sometime tonight.

The only remaining stumbling block had been the backhoe operator, Harvey Tabor.

The sexton and the backhoe operator obviously didn't get along too well.

The paper was the first to get an interview with the hapless backhoe operator who inadvertently ruined the day for thousands of people.

He is a 40-year-old former backhoe operator who took a union job as business representative two years ago.

The backhoe operator was perched in the vehicle's lofty seat.

In July, concrete-truck drivers all over the city went on strike; a few days later, the backhoe operators followed.

In 1994, during rock removal operations, a backhoe operator accidentally struck a petroleum pipeline near the railroad tracks.