YOUR OPERATOR has has arrived to the jobsite with your crane. Your customer has leased your crane "with operator" for a few days to assist with removing old HVAC units and raising new units to the roof of a multi-building office complex. Your operator is directed as to where to set up his crane for the day's work. Your customer performs the rigging, attaching the HVAC unit to the hook, and signals your operator to lift the HVAC unit. Your operator receives the radio command from your customer's second signalman on the roof to swing the load over and suspend it in place on the hook until the customer's rooftop crew is ready to maneuver it into place. They move in, taking hold of the taglines, when suddenly there is a loud snap. The rigging has torn, dropping the HVAC unit onto one of your customer's employees. Both of his legs are crushed, and amputated later at the hospital. The injuries are catastrophic.
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