Osha Regulations On Flat Roofs

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.

Osha regulations on flat roofs.

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. Osha regulations for commercial roof inspections. For work on flat or low sloped roofs osha requires fall protection. If you choose to walk on a roof without these you will be out of compliance with osha regulations and subject to fines.

In accordance with osha s august 1 2000 letter to mr. Fall protection requirements for construction workers doing work while on a roof. Mark troxell the mechanical trades who are. These include using roof anchors and safety cords for roof inspections.

What distances from the rooftop for fall protection. Osha defines what fall protection is required based on how close employees are to the edge of the roof. Osha standards frequently cited during fy 2013 inspections of roofing contractors naics 238160 rank by number of citations issued categories standard 1 duty to have fall protection 1926 501 2 ladder safety 1926 1053 3 fall protection training requirements 1926 503 4 eye and face protection 1926 102 5 general scaffold requirements 1926 451 6. 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.

Workers are not allowed in the area between the warning line and the unprotected edge except during roofing work see 29 cfr 1926 502 f 3. Subpart m 1926 501 b 10 of the osha construction standards specifies that under certain conditions roofing work can be conducted with a warning line in place 6 feet from the edge and a safety monitoring system. Under 1926 501 b 10 the roofers can comply with fall protection requirements by using a warning line 6 feet from the edge. 1926 501 b 12 precast concrete erection.

There are osha rules defining safe distances from the edge of a roof and the degree of protection required. 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. Multiple trades roofers as well as mechanical trades are working on a low slope roof. The occupational safety and health administration has set new guidelines for inspecting commercial roofs.