Osha Roof Work Requirements

This is in response to your fax submitted on september 2 2003 to the occupational safety and health administration osha and as a follow up to a telephone conversation on september 22 2003.

Osha roof work requirements.

Two hundred and fifty four of the 721 deaths were caused by falls. Roofing industry fall protection from a to z worker injuries in the construction industry in 2011 the private construction industry experienced 721 fatal work injuries. Simply consider the task you are performing whether that be maintenance construction or really anything else assess the hazards divide by the number of workers and factor in the use of personal protective equipment adjusted for recent revisions to written policy and you will find that without fail. In regards specifically to roof fall protection the 1910 standard specifies for low slope roofs that when work is performed less than 6 feet 1 6 m from the roof edge the employer must ensure each employee is protected from falling by a guardrail system safety net system travel restraint system or personal fall arrest system.

Occupational safety and health administration 12 anchors to sheathing single trusses or most. However under the new rule if the distance is less than 6 feet from the roof edge conventional fall protection systems are required. Fall protection requirements for construction workers doing work while on a roof. Figuring out how to work on a roof without fall protection is easier than you think.

Osha regulations for roofing focus on fall protection equipment to help protect the safety and health of roofing workers. Roofing work it is important not to attach. Proper fall protection measures personal protective equipment ppe and adhering to safe work practices can protect workers from fall hazards. Previously osha stated no safe distance when it came to working on an unprotected roof edge.

Understand the requirements of osha s fall protection standards at 29 cfr 1926 subpart m to protect workers exposed to falls six feet or. This includes guardrail systems personal fall arrest systems and safety nets. Each year many roofers sustain injuries and even die on the job in the u s. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph b of this section each employee performing overhand bricklaying and related work 6 feet 1 8 m or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems safety net systems personal fall arrest systems or shall work in a controlled access zone.

Roofing work poses safety risks for workers because of the high heights involved in installing roofs.