Ambush is only half the problem.
The other half, and the one we can do something about, is being ready, and thinking that way.
There were two workers. They could have had a plan if they had the right mindset.
“The other half, and the one we can do something about, is being ready, and thinking that way.”
I really wish I could get my kids on board with that. They just look at me like, “Poor old coot. Must be going senile.”
One was in the back=hoe and the other in the hole. If it was as I have described they would have needed a third man on overwatch. That runs the cost of the operation up and until this sort of thing becomes commonplace and workers refuse to go out on the job it won’t happen.