Roofing work

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## 29 CFR 1926 (OSHA) Toeboard means a low protective barrier that will prevent the fall of materials and equipment to lower levels and provide protection from falls for personnel. Unprotected sides and edges means any side or edge (except at entrances to points of access) of a walking/working surface, e.g., floor, roof, ramp, or runway where there is no wall or guardrail system at least 39 inches (1.0 m) high. Walking/working surface means any surface, whether horizontal or vertical on which an employee walks or works, including, but not limited to, floors, roofs, ramps, bridges, runways, formwork and concrete reinforcing steel but not including ladders, vehicles, or trailers, on which employees must be located in order to perform their job duties. Warning line system means a barrier erected on a roof to warn employees that they are approaching an unprotected roof side or edge, and which designates an area in which roofing work may take place without the use of guardrail, body belt, or safety net systems to protect employees in the area. Work area means that portion of a walking/working surface where job duties are being performed. [59 FR [redacted postal code], Aug. 9, 1994, as amended at 60 FR [redacted postal code], Aug. 2, 1995; 66 FR 5265, Jan. 18, 2001; 75 FR [redacted postal code], Aug. 9, 2010; 79 FR [redacted postal code], Apr. 11, 2014] ## §1926.501 Duty to have fall protection. - (a) General. (1) This section sets forth requirements for employers to provide fall protection systems. All fall protection required by this section shall conform to the criteria set forth in §1926.502 of this subpart. - (2) The employer shall determine if the walking/working surfaces on which its employees are to work have the strength and structural integrity to support employees safely. Employees shall be allowed to work on those surfaces only when the surfaces have the requisite strength and structural integrity. - (b)(1) Unprotected sides and edges. Each employee …

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Division 3 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (iii) to a dee-ring to which another snaphook or other connector is attached; - (iv) to a horizontal lifeline; or - (v) to any object which is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snaphook such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the connected object being able to depress the snaphook keeper and release itself. - (9) Positioning device systems shall be inspected prior to each use for wear, damage, and other deterioration, and defective components shall be removed from service. - (10) Body belts, harnesses, and components shall be used only for employee protection (as part of a personal fall arrest system or positioning device system) and not to hoist materials. ## [redacted phone] Warning line systems for roofing work - (1) A warning line system shall not be used as fall protection on roof slopes greater than 2 in 12 (vertical to horizontal). - (2) Employees performing roofing work between a roof edge and a warning line must be protected by a personal fall arrest system, personal fall restraint system, guardrail system, safety net system, or safety monitoring system. - (f) Warning line systems. Warning line systems and their use shall comply with the following provisions: - (1) The warning line shall be erected around all sides of the roof work area. - (i) When mechanical equipment is not being used, the warning line shall be erected not less than 6 feet (1.8 m) from the roof edge. - (ii) When mechanical equipment is being used, the warning line shall be erected not less than 6 feet (1.8 m) from the roof edge which is parallel to the direction of mechanical equipment operation, and not less than 10 feet (3.1 m) from the roof edge which is perpendicular to the direction of mechanical equipment operation. Stat. Auth.: ORS 654.025(2) and 656.726(4). Stats. Implemented: ORS 654.001 through 654.295. Hist: OR-OSHA Admin. Order 6-2002, f. 7/19/02, e…

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Division 3 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division ## [redacted phone] Safety monitoring systems Safety monitoring systems for roofing work and their use shall comply with the following provisions. - (1) A safety monitoring system shall not be used as a fall protection system for any work other than roofing work on roof slopes of 2 in 12 (vertical to horizontal) or less. - (2) The use of a safety monitoring system alone (i.e., without the warning line system) is not permitted on roofs more than 50 feet (15.25 m) in width. (see Appendix A of this subdivision) - (3) The employer shall designate a competent person to monitor the safety of other employees and the employer shall ensure that the safety monitor complies with the following requirements: - (a) The safety monitor shall be competent to recognize fall hazards; - (b) The safety monitor shall warn the employee when it appears that the employee is unaware of a fall hazard or is acting in an unsafe manner; - (c) The safety monitor shall be on the same walking/working surface and within visual sighting distance of the employee being monitored; - (d) The safety monitor shall be close enough to communicate orally with the employee; and - (e) The safety monitor shall not have other responsibilities which could take the monitor's attention from the monitoring function. - (4) Mechanical equipment shall not be used or stored in areas where safety monitoring systems are being used to monitor employees engaged in roofing operations. - (5) No employee, other than an employee engaged in roofing work shall be allowed in an area where an employee is being protected by a safety monitoring system. - (i) Covers. Covers for holes in floors, roofs, and other walking/working surfaces shall meet the following requirements: Stat. Auth.: ORS 654.025(2) and 656.726(4). Stats. Implemented: ORS 654.001 through 654.295. Hist: OR-OSHA Admin. Order 6-2002, f. 7/19/02, ef. 7/19/02

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## Part 12 General Safety Precautions ## Housekeeping 185 An employer must ensure that a work site is kept clean and free from materials or equipment that could cause workers to slip or trip. ## Lighting 186 (1) An employer must ensure that lighting at a work site is sufficient to enable work to be done safely. 186 (2) An employer must ensure that a light source above a working or walking surface is protected against damage. - 186 (3) An employer must ensure that there is emergency lighting at a work site if workers are in danger if the normal lighting system fails. - 186 (4) Emergency lighting must generate enough light so that workers can - (a) leave the work site safely, - (b) start the necessary emergency shut-down procedures, and - (c) restore normal lighting. ## Pallets and storage racks 187 (1) An employer must ensure that pallets used to transport or store materials or containers are loaded, moved, stacked, arranged and stored in a manner that does not create a danger to workers. - 187 (2) An employer must ensure that racks used to store materials or equipment - (a) are designed, constructed and maintained to support the load placed on them, and - (b) are placed on firm foundations that can support the load. - 187 (3) A worker must report any damage to a storage rack to an employer as quickly as practicable. - 187 (4) The employer and the workers at a work site must take all reasonable steps to prevent storage racks from being damaged to the extent that their integrity as structures is compromised. ## Placement of roofing materials - 187.1 (1) An employer must ensure that supplies and roofing materials stored on the roof of a residential building under construction are located not less than 2 metres from a roof edge. - 187.1 (2) An employer must ensure that the weight of supplies and roofing materials referred to in subsection (1) is uniformly distributed.

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## S-15.1 REG 10 ## OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, 2020 - (4) An employer or contractor shall ensure that a scaffold erected on a movable platform is securely fastened to that platform. - (5) An employer or contractor shall not require or permit a worker to remain on a rolling scaffold while the scaffold is being moved unless: - (a) the height of the work platform does not exceed twice the shortest base dimension of the scaffold; - (b) the route to be travelled by the rolling scaffold has been thoroughly examined and found to be free of any condition that could cause the rolling scaffold to tilt or otherwise go out of control; and - (c) a work platform fills the entire area enclosed by the scaffold structure. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s12-21. ## Shinglers' roofing scaffold 12-22 (1) If a shingler's roofing scaffold is used, an employer or contractor shall ensure that: - (a) the scaffold is designed, constructed, installed and maintained to support the loads that may be applied to the scaffold; - (b) the scaffold is provided with effective non-slipping devices; and - (c) the scaffold platform is at least 38 by 140 millimetres. - (2) The employer or contractor shall develop and implement work practices and procedures for the safe use of any shingler's roof scaffold. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s12-22. ## Crawl boards, roof ladders 12-23 An employer, contractor or owner shall ensure that a crawl board or roof ladder used for roof work is securely fastened to the roof. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s12-23. ## Prohibition 12-24 Except as provided in sections 12-25 and 12-27, an employer or contractor shall ensure that no worker is raised or lowered by, or works on, a platform or load suspended from powered mobile equipment. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s12-24. ## Aerial devices and elevating work platforms 12-25 (1) An employer or contractor shall ensure that: - (a) an aerial device, elevating work platform or personnel lifting unit i…

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Division 3 AO 11-2021 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (11) Alternative methods of compliance for installation, removal, repair, and maintenance of certain roofing and pipeline coating materials. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an employer who complies with all provisions of this paragraph (g)(11) when installing, removing, repairing, or maintaining intact pipeline asphaltic wrap, or roof flashings which contain asbestos fibers encapsulated or coated by bituminous or resinous compounds shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section. If an employer does not comply with all provisions of this paragraph (g)(11), or if during the course of the job the material does not remain intact, the provisions of paragraph (g)(8) of this section apply instead of this paragraph (g)(11). - (i) Before work begins and as needed during the job, a competent person who is capable of identifying asbestos hazards in the workplace and selecting the appropriate control strategy for asbestos exposure, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate such hazards, shall conduct an inspection of the worksite and determine that the roofing material is intact and will likely remain intact. - (ii) All employees performing work covered by paragraph (g)(11) shall be trained in a training program that meets the requirements of paragraph (k)(9)(viii) of this section. - (iii) The material shall not be sanded, abraded, or ground. Manual methods which do not render the material non-intact shall be used. - (iv) Material that has been removed from a roof shall not be dropped or thrown to the ground. Unless the material is carried or passed to the ground by hand, it shall be lowered to the ground via covered, dust-tight chute, crane or hoist. All such material shall be removed from the roof as soon as practicable, but in any event no later than the end of the work shift. - (v) Where roofing products which ha…