In the olden days, riggers were the guys on the ground placing slings and chains around the object to be moved while the crane operator waited for their signals to begin lifting. Today, rigging in a small shop falls to the guys standing closest to the equipment when something needs to be moved.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2012-02-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/rigging-and-lifting-safely/
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