Operating excavators, tractors and other equipment on uneven terrain can be tricky. Doing so proved deadly for a young worker at a Ft. Myers, FL, construction site. David Vasquez, 18, was grading soil on a grassy embankment at a housing project on the side of a manmade lake when the tractor he was operating slid or tumbled into the water. Preliminary investigation by the Lee County Sheriff's Office suggests the victim may have had the tractor in the wrong gear, causing it to roll forward when he intended to put it into reverse gear. Vasquez surfaced once and screamed for help, but […]