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Roof Safety

Time to dust off your roof safety awareness -
as the renovation and construction craze• Each level of the scaffold should
swings into action this Spring and you climbremain in place until it is dismantled; this
back  on  top  of  those homes and buildings.greatly reduces the harm caused by people and
objects  falling  within  the  scaffolding.
Spring is an ideal time to tackle roof
repairs - the howling winter winds have• Guardrails on the scaffolding should
subsided and the searing summer heat hasn'tbe  in  place  at  all  times.
yet arrived. Not to mention that spring
showers are a good indicator of exactly where• Easy access for workers, whether
those  roof  leaks  are  located!using a stairway or ladder, should built
during the construction of the scaffolding
Workers  risking  their  necksand  not  after  the  fact.
But roof work involves the risk of falling,Wear  a  fall  arrest  system
which is the leading cause of death in the
construction industry. In fact, fallingOnce you're up on the roof, you want to stay
accidents across all sectors account for athere. If you're more than six feet off the
whopping 19 percent of non-fatal injuries atground (certainly the case for all roofs!)
work, according to the Bureau of Laboryou should be wearing a fall arrest system,
Statistics.which includes a safety harness, an anchorage
and a deceleration device such as a lanyard,
One-third of all deaths in constructiona length of rope or wire that slows you down
result from a fall. And the constructionbefore  you  come  to  a  stop.
industry ranks as one of the top 10 deadliest
sectors in the U.S. with a fatality rate ofSafety harnesses come in vest and full body
22.7  dead  per  100,000  workers.designs. Full body designs, which offer more
areas of support, are best for women and men
Yet you can walk past a construction sitefive feet, seven inches tall or shorter. The
pretty much anywhere in North America andvest style works best for men with more mass
likely see at least one worker not wearingand  height.
proper fall protection equipment, or wearing
it  properly.No matter which design you choose, make sure
you have a comfortable fit with the buckles
Just the act of getting to the roof can beand chest strap in the right places. An
dangerous! More than 300 people in Northill-fitting harness could injure, or fail to
America die each year from ladder-relatedsupport  you,  in  the  event  of  a  fall.
falls, and countless more are injured on
ladders.Up on the roof, make sure you've got the
right safety equipment - beyond harness gear,
Ladder  safety  101you  should  always
When  you  using  a  ladder,  you  should• Wear work gloves to protect your
hands from cuts and abrasions while you're
• make sure the feet of the ladder arehammering  in  those  shingle  nails.
on  solid  ground so the ladder doesn't shift
• Protect your feet from dropped tools
• make sure the ladder is a good safeby  wearing  a  good  pair  of  work  boots.
distance from tree branches and electrical
lines• Don a hard hat at all times on the
job; it should fit your head well and be in
• do not lean over the side of thegood  shape.
ladder  once  you  are  on  the  ladder.
Don't risk your life or your livelihood - get
Scaffolding is another big-time source ofthe  right  safety  gear  and  use  it.
workplace injury. The Occupational Safety &
Health Administration (OSHA) listedCooper Lang is a workplace safety advocate.
scaffolding as the number-one OSHA violationHe holds a full time job in an unrelated
in  2006.field; however, due to the experiences of
family in the industrial sector, he has
Tips  for  safe  scaffoldingdecided to bring the topic of safety in the
workplace to the forefront. He is a freelance
• When erecting scaffolding, make surewriter for - a site dedicated to Workplace
that each level has a full deck of planksSafety offering unique information on things
before  moving  on  to  the  next  level.like Personal Protective Equipment.



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