Have a friend who retired as a crane operator last year. I had a lot of questions about accidents and he was good enough to explain things.
Basically as stated the operator is supposed to refuse to make a lift if anything isn't right. But he told me that often a foreman or site manager would try to bully the operator in to making a lift to keep a project on schedule. The company my friend retired from contracted out crane services and it was in the contract that if the operator said no it wasn't going to happen. He told me of many times when a site manager would threaten to find a different contractor and or get him fired. He claims that the company he worked for was good about it. If the contractor called and said "your guy is refusing to make a lift, we want a different operator". His company would point out that according to the contract if that were to happen they would pack up, bring the carne back and bill the contractor for the entire job. He had been happy there and insist that the company was very safety oriented. He also said that certain construction companies were blacklisted and they would refuse to send a crane out because of safety issues.
He also explained that most modern cranes have onboard computers that won't allow the carne to make a lift if it exceeds the capacity of the crane. There is an override built into the system and some operators will use that and make a lift anyway. They are also supposed to refuse to make a lift if wind speeds exceed a certain point.
Thing to remember is that when a company wins a bid they have a specified start and finish date. They most often have to post a bond that they lose if they are not done on time. The companies often have a bonus in the contract if work is completed ahead of schedule. Many companies share that bonus with the site managers, foremen and workers. So the lure of money causes some people to take risks to get that bonus. Plus the company is under pressure to complete on time because of the bond.
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