Osha Regulations For Working On Roofs

Don t take flat roof work for granted even though the work may appear to be safer.

Osha regulations for working on roofs.

The safety monitor is always a competent person 29 cfr 1926 500 b. 1926 501 b 4 ii. In these cases a qualified person must closely supervise the roof work. Or on roofs 50 feet 15 25 m or less in width the use of a safety monitoring system alone is permitted 29 cfr 1926 501 b 10.

The warning line system shall consist of ropes wires or chains and supporting stanchions 29 cfr 1926 502 f 2. Employees should have. Roofing work is hazardous. Two osha standards can apply 29 cfr 1910 which governs general industry safety standards and 29 cfr 1926 which governs construction sites specifically.

Osha safety standards especially for roof fall protection can be a source of confusion for many industrial companies. The osha general industry standards exclude construction as well as agriculture and marine industries which also have their own standards but both standards can sometimes apply to the same. Follow the safety guidelines described above to prevent potentially dangerous or fatal falls when working atop flat roofs. Each employee on walking working surfaces shall be protected from falling through holes including skylights more than 6 feet 1 8 m above lower levels by personal fall arrest systems covers or guardrail systems erected around such holes.

Osha requires fall protection for workers on surfaces over six feet off the ground that do not have.