Health And Safety In Roof Work

All roofs should be treated as fragile until a competent person has confirmed they are not.

Health and safety in roof work.

Buy this product hsg33. Falls through fragile materials such as roof lights and asbestos cement roofing sheets account for more of these deaths than any other. Working on roofs is a hazardous activity because it involves working at height. Falls are the leading cause of death in the construction industry and the occupational safety and health administration osha cites that falls from roofs account for 34 of all.

Download a free copy hsg33. Roofing safety all employers in the construction industry must have a safety program. Health and safety in roof work. We all know that working on roofs is a hazardous activity because it involves working at height.

Applies to all equipment providers including machinery which should be safe for work. Applies to employers regarding ventilation heating lighting workstations seating and welfare facilities. Roof work is a high risk activity because it involves working at height sometimes with fragile materials such as roof lights and asbestos cement roofing sheets. This fourth edition of the construction industry guidance identifies the main causes of accidents and ill health in roof work and ways to prevent or control risks.

Roof work accounts for a quarter of all deaths in the construction industry. Roof safety is a system of preventive measures when performing work and repairs on rooftops because it is one of the most dangerous jobs in the construction industry. Falls through fragile materials. Provision and use of work equipment puwer 1998.

The workplace health safety and welfare 1992. Work on or near fragile roof surfaces requires a combination of stagings guard rails fall restraint fall arrest and safety nets slung beneath and close to the roof. Health and safety in roof work.