Pile-driving crane collapses during road work
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September 03, 2008 - 04:30 PM
Last Updated: September 03, 2008 - 05:32 PM

Frank Varga

A pile driver collapsed Wednesday at a ramp under construction at the Highway widening project near Interstate 5.

BURLINGTON – A pile-driving crane collapsed at a work site near Highway 20 and I-5 in Burlington today, but no one was hurt.

Crews working for IMCO were hammering pilings into the ground with a pile driver when the machine malfunctioned, the state Department of Transportation reported.

The 100-foot crane boom used to support the pile driving hammer collapsed. Six workers were in the area at the time. Crews were out of the way before the boom failed and fell onto the crane.

Pile-driving work has been suspended while the contractor investigates the failure and new equipment is brought in.

The pile driver acts like a giant hammer to pound steel pilings into the ground. The pilings will support the new southbound on- and off-ramps at the highway interchange.

For more information on the widening project, visiti http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR20/sr536fredonia.

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