Except as provided elsewhere in this section the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet 1 2 m or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following.
Safety guardrail requirement roof.
Having the proper safety railing in place can reduce or eliminate all the fall hazards.
Requirements 1926 451 6 general safety and health provisions 1926 20 7 head protection 1926 100 8 fall protection systems criteria and practices.
Top edge height of top rails or equivalent guardrail system members shall be 42 inches 1 1 m plus or minus 3 inches 8 cm above the walking working level.
1926 502 b 1 top edge height of top rails or equivalent guardrail system members shall be 42 inches 1 1 m plus or minus 3 inches 8 cm above the walking working level.
The most common and easiest to install would be keeguard our non.
A member of our staff flew to site and met with the customer to consult about the rooftop railing arrangement.
When conditions warrant the height of the top edge may exceed the 45 inch height provided the guardrail system meets all other criteria of this paragraph.
The best solution and the simplest is to install roof edge guard railing around the trouble spots to eliminate the fall hazard completely.
Osha 1910 28 b 1 i 1910 23 a 4 ibc1015 7 roof access.
Determined inquiring minds can consult osha s revised walking working surfaces ruling for general industry but this can be a laborious process.
For a roof railing to be effective in preventing a fall it must meet system requirements laid out in osha 1910 29.
Other uses of safety railings.
Fortunately we have safety railing systems for almost any roof type.
Using a guardrail system.
Osha guardrail requirements also include that safety railing systems be required even when occasional or temporary work is performed on the roof whether for repair or for maintenance.
The issue arises that not all rooftops are the same.
One of the more popular fall protection questions we receive relates to osha requirements for safety railing and guardrail systems.
Roofing safety all employers in the construction industry must have a safety program.
Guardrail systems guardrail systems and their use shall comply with the following provisions.
Or personal fall protection.
16 warning lines and safety monitors.
We helped identify the areas of the roof that absolutely required fall protection railing.
Guardrail height requirements 1910 29 b 1 the height of top rails must be 42 inches plus or minus 3 inches above the walking working surface.