A little help please, if nothing other than to ease my mind.
A facilitites manager is supervising the removal of some large equipment at our facility. A rigging company is contracted by the company who is removing/ dismantling/ purchasing the equipment.

The rigging company rents forklifts to remove the machinery. In their process, they invert the forks and put extensions on them to lift another forklift onto a platform (having a heart attack yet?).
The riggers are now using the inverted forklift forks as a hoist to lift another forklift and lift the heavy machine parts as it is disassembled.
As a safety representative, I stepped in and stopped the operation. I received several calls and texts from employees as to unsafe practice. I had no previous knowledge that this was even happening and work in another location but manage 3 buildings.
The facilities manager continues on with activities and blows off my recommendation that proper equipment be used as the forklift regulations (U.S. 29CFR1910.178) do not support this add lib use of the equipment.

I am requesting a review of the unsafe practice by the company ownership. The facilities manager just "blew off" my suggestions to use the equipment properly.

Am I off base on the safe use of a forklift for this at all based on the regulations?