[RCP]

The presentation describes safety methods for preventing injuries and deaths from falls, and explains techniques currently used by employers during various stages of construction. These techniques involve the use of conventional fall-protection systems including safety nets, guardrails, and personal fall-arrest systems such as body harnesses, lanyards and lifelines.

Workers who use these safety systems perform activities such as installing roof sheathing, weatherproofing roofs, applying paint and coatings, and installing walls and subfloors, among others.

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[Paint and Hammer]

Thanks Chris....I'm going to do a bit better with safety this summer. I have a few 2 1/2 stories homes with some funky roof lines with hard to reach places. I've never used a safety harness, but this year I'm going to.

 

[RCP]

Seems like it is another thing OHSA will be targeting, so it makes sense to be aware of. You might find this thread interesting.

 

[RCP]

Looks like the rule has been pushed to start in September. It only affects work on New Construction (including some remodel work).
You have to have a safety plan in place and use fall restraint over 6 feet.

More here

 

[Different Strokes]

Looks like the rule has been pushed to start in September. It only affects work on New Construction (including some remodel work).
You have to have a safety plan in place and use fall restraint over 6 feet.

More here

Thanks Chris. When I took OSHA 10 it covered a lot of fall protection which I'm thankful for now. Even back then it was over 6' tying off was required without safety rails.

 

[RCP]

Thanks Chris. When I took OSHA 10 it covered a lot of fall protection which I'm thankful for now. Even back then it was over 6' tying off was required without safety rails.

You are welcome, I sent three guys to the OHSA 10 in March. When I asked them about it, they said they instructor mentioned it, but not much detail, but there was a lot of info covered in the 2 days.

 

[Bender]

Fall restraint on ladders?

 

[Different Strokes]

Fall restraint on ladders?

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=23870
Fixed ladders: fall protection must be provided for employees climbing or working on fixed ladders above 24 feet.
29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(19) states that fall protection must be provided whenever the length of climb on a fixed ladder equals or exceeds 24 feet. A fixed ladder is "a ladder that cannot be readily moved or carried because it is an integral part of a building or structure" (§1926.1050(b)). Also, even if the length of climb is less than 24 feet, under §1926.1053(a)(18), cages, wells, ladder safety devices, or self-retracting lifelines must be provided where the top of the fixed ladder is greater than 24 feet above lower levels.

Portable ladders: fall protection is not required for employees climbing or working on portable ladders.
Neither the ladder standard (29 CFR 1926, subpart X) nor the fall protection standard (29 CFR 1926, subpart M) requires fall protection for workers while working on portable ladders.

 

[Different Strokes]

The ladder rules can get a little hazy. On one job I had to hide on top of a heating duct about 15 ft. in the air for over an hour while the inspectors walked through. My stepladder wasn't high enough (by their standards) for me to get way up there. So my partner laid down my ladder and pretended I wasn't up on top while they walked around. (They caught us by surprise) Keeping quiet up on top of duct is hard after a while, every time I shifted my azz around, it sounded like a bowling ball hitting a 50gallon metal drum.

 

[Bender]

The ladder rules can get a little hazy. On one job I had to hide on top of a heating duct about 15 ft. in the air for over an hour while the inspectors walked through. My stepladder wasn't high enough (by their standards) for me to get way up there. So my partner laid down my ladder and pretended I wasn't up on top while they walked around. (They caught us by surprise) Keeping quiet up on top of duct is hard after a while, every time I shifted my azz around, it sounded like a bowling ball hitting a 50gallon metal drum.

LOL! Good Stuff

 

[Different Strokes]

You are welcome, I sent three guys to the OHSA 10 in March. When I asked them about it, they said they instructor mentioned it, but not much detail, but there was a lot of info covered in the 2 days.

I hear ya, honestly with all the information they cover in OSHA 10, I don't know how they can effectively cover it all in two days. :blink: But understanding that a lot of the guys I took the class with weren't there because they "wanted" to be, they were required to be, more than two days might be a stretch. :yes:

 

[robladd]

The ladder rules can get a little hazy. On one job I had to hide on top of a heating duct about 15 ft. in the air for over an hour while the inspectors walked through. My stepladder wasn't high enough (by their standards) for me to get way up there. So my partner laid down my ladder and pretended I wasn't up on top while they walked around. (They caught us by surprise) Keeping quiet up on top of duct is hard after a while, every time I shifted my azz around, it sounded like a bowling ball hitting a 50gallon metal drum.

Me too! LMAO. I attend fall protection classes regularly.

As a Professional Mariner we climb all kinds of ladders all over Ships and boats.

I climb one daily checking the idler sheave on top of the gantry. It's the major structure
to the Luffing Jib Tower Crane I drive.

It's about 70' above the deck, there is a dedicated retractable device on top. It is belayed to the bottom of the ladder so when I hike up all I do is hook into it.

When I climb down I have to make sure to hook up the tag line to it before disconnecting it from my lanyard.

If I let go of it without connecting it to the tag line I have to climb down and fill out another JSA to lineman climb back up to the top to reattach it.

What's really fun is painting the crane old school, boatswains chair n and steeple jacking. The youngsters want to ride the man basket off the other crane.

That takes another crane operator and they don't learn the blood sweat and tears way of their peers.

When I climb I feel 100% safe at all times.
If I have any doubt the light turns yellow and I know it's time to prepare to stop, red light. Not until everything is safe do I give my self the green light to continue.

You only fall once. You don't want to punch your time ticket out on the way down, so stay hooked up and stay safe,
you are responsible for your own safety.

 

[robladd]

This is a red light. SWA has been exercised do to foul weather.

That is a gantry to a Luffing jib crane. To the left you can see a vertical ladder and the tag line running to the top. It's attached to a retractable fall protection device. The cable on back runs to the idler sheave. It gets inspected daily it's the Luffing cable that raises and lowers the boom.

Also in the pic you can see a water spout
tornado on the water. After waiting on weather with a good marine forecast we will return to work.

 

[RCP]

Wowser, thanks for posting that!

 

[sagebrush123]

great photo!

thanks Robladd and also great info RCP-----

and I had a great laugh Different Strokes with you up on the ducts hiding...great imagery.

 

[vermontpainter]

Good reminder about violations.

 

[RCP]

I saw that. I think we need a thread on how to write up a safety plan? Anyone have any ideas? They will be required/

 

[Eugene]

Down here in Sydney as the health and safety laws are getting tighter, and specifically safe roof access and practices, it does have some benefits. There is now a niche for installing safe roof access points. Painters are doing a lot of this, but also window and gutter cleaners as well. It could be a useful extra feather in your cap if you are needing more work.

 

[Lee Decorating Corp.]

Some insurance companies will gladly help you work on a safety plan. It is in their best interests call your broker and if he does not know, call the insurance company.

 

[CApainter]

I saw that. I think we need a thread on how to write up a safety plan? Anyone have any ideas? They will be required/

You would want to start with a company Safety Program that establishes company safety policy, and a SOP for operation of equipment, and material handling in order to validate a Work Site Safety Plan. SSPC (Society for Protective Coatings) offers an industry standard; Guide 17, that describes elements of a Safety Program for the coating industry.

SSPC also offers QP1, and QP2 (Qualifications for Painting Contractors), that offers certification for painting contractors, and gives them an edge when competing for large projects.

Safety Programs add credibility to both small residential painting contractors, as well as large industrial coating contractors.