Osha Roof Safety Monitoring System

System guardrail system or safety net system.

Osha roof safety monitoring system. 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. This instruction clarifies the use of a safety monitoring system to comply with 29 cfr 1926 500 g 1. In addition the act s section 5 a 1 the general duty clause requires employers to provide their workers with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death. If you have no osha roofing contractor safety standards compliance summary read.

If you are a roofing contractor in the united states with at least one employee you are required to abide by osha safety standards. This directive cancels osha instruction std 3 2 dated december 1 1981. When a safety monitoring system is used the safety monitor must be able to see and communicate with all employees who are working between the warning line and the roof edge the safety monitor must be a. A safety monitoring system is an administrative control that allows a competent person to watch employees and warn them if they get to too close to an unprotected edge.

The competent person must be specifically designated to serve as the safety monitor and must be on the same working level and within sight of the employees being monitored. 29 cfr 1926 500 defines low slope roof as a roof having a slope less than or equal to 4 in 12 vertical to horizontal 29 cfr 1926 501 b 10 allows the use of. 1926 502 h 2 mechanical equipment shall not be used or stored in areas where safety monitoring systems are being used to monitor employees engaged in roofing operations on low slope roofs. As far as osha is concerned there is no safe distance from the edge of a roof so you must be protected.

If you work alone you are not required to abide by osha standards. But there is one other combination of safety measures that is allowed by osha for safe work on a low slope roof. 1926 502 h 2 mechanical equipment shall not be used or stored in areas where safety monitoring systems are being used to monitor employees engaged in roofing operations on low slope roofs. This means that you must have rails fall arrest systems or a warning line safety monitor setup no matter where it is you are working.

A monitoring system combined with a warning line. Is it permissible to use a safety monitor on a low slope roof and to place the employee doing a repair and the safety monitor on the roof using an aerial lift. Safety monitoring system as it applies to 29 cfr 1926 500 g 1 a. In combination with a guardrail system safety net system or a fall arrest system a monitoring system is a good addition to increase safety.

Osha occupational safety and health administration is a us government agency regulating workplace safety. The safety monitor systems use a person the safety monitor.