Osha Roof Work Safety

Each year many roofers sustain injuries and even die on the job in the u s.

Osha roof work safety. Personal protective equipment ppe one of the easiest ways to ensure your workers are operating in safe conditions is usually one of the hardest to enforce. Two hundred and fifty four of the 721 deaths were caused by falls. Re roofing fact sheet osha fs 3503 2012 english. Roofing work poses safety risks for workers because of the high heights involved in installing roofs.

Contractors and employers who perform construction work must comply with standards in 29 cfr 1926 subpart c general safety and health provisions as well as other applicable photo courtesy of acta safety peterson dean roofing. Reducing falls during residential construction. The extremely high danger zone less than six feet from the roof s edge requires one of the following. 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.

Proper fall protection measures personal protective equipment ppe and adhering to safe work practices can protect workers from fall hazards. While some workers may scoff at the idea of ppe it s the employer s responsibility to ensure every worker on the job site is wearing appropriate ppe 29 cfr 1926. Fall protection requirements for construction workers doing work while on a roof. 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.

Occupational safety and health administration osha standards. 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. The roofing safety zones. Osha regulations for roofing focus on fall protection equipment to help protect the safety and health of roofing workers.

Protecting roofing workers osha 3755 2015 english. Roofing safety all employers in the construction industry must have a safety program. Osha has designated three work zones on low slope roofs with unprotected edges that are four feet or more above a lower level.