Osha Roof Safety Rules

Osha regulations for roofing focus on fall protection equipment to help protect the safety and health of roofing workers.

Osha roof safety rules.

Proper fall protection measures personal protective equipment ppe and adhering to safe work practices can protect workers from fall hazards. This is important because the osha definition is used as a basis for implementing low slope fall protection measures such as warning. Install the system following the manufacturer s instructions and under the supervision of a qualified person. Occupational safety and health act requires employers to comply with safety and health standards promulgated by osha or by a state with an osha approved state plan.

Two osha standards can apply 29 cfr 1910 which governs general industry safety standards and 29 cfr 1926 which governs construction sites specifically the osha general industry standards exclude construction as well as agriculture and marine industries which. Re roofing fact sheet osha fs 3503 2012 english. An engineered horizontal lifeline system when used as part of a pfas is another way to increase the area in which a worker is protected. Single unit monolithic roofing applied to flat roofs may seem safer to some roof workers but the work is still at height and subject to many similar hazards and safety requirements as sloped roof work.

Previously osha stated no safe distance when it came to working on an unprotected roof edge. Protecting roofing workers osha 3755 2015 english. Steep roofs each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet 1 8 m or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards safety net systems or personal fall arrest systems. Reducing falls during residential construction.

1 national priority but a lot of roofing contractors don t know it. Each year many roofers sustain injuries and even die on the job in the u s. Horizontal lifelines must be designed to maintain a safety factor of at least two twice the impact load. 1926 501 b 12 precast concrete erection.

Roof slope osha defines a low slope roof as a roof having a slope of less than or equal to 4 inches of vertical rise for every 12 inches horizontal length 4 12 1926 500 b definitions. Roofing work poses safety risks for workers because of the high heights involved in installing roofs. Osha safety standards especially for roof fall protection can be a source of confusion for many industrial companies. Fall protection is now osha s no.

This includes guardrail systems personal fall arrest systems and safety nets. How likely is it that a roofing contractor is going to get a jobsite visit from the occupational safety and.