I ran tower cranes and other equipment for a living .
I don't think you realize the things that can go wrong while raising/lowering a human being or any load for that matter..
For instance , a gust of wind blows and that person loses his/her grip and flies off the block ( that's what the hook and cable is connected to ) , or legs/arms , body , neck were entangled in the cable .
By the way , the cable as you refer to it is called a wire rope.
These are the reasons that "riding the hook" was banned and is illegal in the U.S.
If the company owning/leasing the crane were to attempt this lowering , they would than take responsibility for that person's death/injuries.
There are just too many variables involved in lowering a human to attempt this.
This is not a load of iron or a bundle of plywood..
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What am I missing?
Instead of someone being lowered onto the hook part of the crane and then "rescuing" the person sitting on the hook part of the crane...why not just lower the hook part of the crane down to ground lever and the person sitting on the hook part can step off onto the ground?
Afraid she will jump when being lowered?...She could also jump while the person was being lowered to "rescue" her.
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I climbed a few cranes in my lifetime...and hung over the side checking limit switches....
she managed to slide down the wire rope...(or someone lowered the block and she climbed on then they raised the block) no sign of her wearing gloves...OR damage to her hands...
Looks like another day at the office for her...
She has a reputation of a "risk taker"
re:they would than take responsibility for that person's death/injuries.
Not IF I was judging the case....
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