Pile driving device

Pile Driving Device. Said to have originated in America, this device uses a cartridge of expl placed between the head of a wooden pile and a driving ram. The expin of the charge drives the pile into the ground and simultaneously raises the ram which, upon falling, drives the pile further. This idea was utilized in drop hammers which were explosively, not steam, operated... 

Ail boilers and piping systems, either part of or on pile-driving equipment, will have overhead protection, guards, and stop blocks. A blocking device... 

Section 1926.1416(e)(4) (Load weighing and similar devices) does not apply to dragline, clamshell (grapple), magnet, drop ball, container handling, concrete bucket, and pile driving work performed under this section. 

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