A construction worker died when a 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) steel pile (column) struck him. A crew was driving piles into lakeshore mud to make a base for a bridge. Workers put a choker around a pile so the pile driver could raise it. However, while it lifted the pile the crane line supporting the pile driver's hammer mechanism lost tension. The hammer fell and severed choker lines holding the pile. Meanwhile, the victim had his back to the pile. He was standing on a floating platform near shore, ready to position a compressed air hose when the falling pile knocked him into the […]