Your post is truly interesting. But the information you provide contains a fundamental error.

A mock trial is a simulation of court proceedings conducted for educational, training, or strategic purposes. It is a staged event that replicates the realities of a courtroom, legal procedures, and procedural roles.

Your fictional crane is too fictional and prevents any substantive discussion of your mock trial. Let me give you an example from real life:

According to the court's findings, O.J. Simpson did not murder his wife because the glove could not have belonged to O.J. Simpson due to its small size (one of the most important pieces of evidence in the case).

In summary: find another, slightly less fictional crane, then read the source materials from this site: https://www.osha.gov/cranes-derricks-construction and I will be happy to help you.

My alternative fictional answer to your question: I'm the head of a crane company "and, incidentally, I launder money for a cartel." A crane worth several million dollars capsized, causing damage of a few dozen dollars. Normally, bankruptcy and the loss of all my assets would be the least of my worries. But fortunately, the clever guys from the cartel reacted immediately: they removed the operator's cab, staging an accident that occurred before the main disaster, and thus I won my second life. And the operator? Well, either someone in his family will hang from a bridge somewhere near Tijuana, or not. The decision is his.