Residential Roof Construction
Employees engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels must be protected by guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in 1926.501(b) provides for an alternative fall protection measure.
Will this fall protection system stop a fall?
Exception: When employers can prove that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems, the following applies:
- Employers and residential contractors are permitted to use alternative methods of fall protection where it is infeasible to use conventional means. Where infeasibility is proven, the contractors can implement a fall protection plan, as specified in section 1926.502(k).
- There is a presumption that it is feasible and will not create a greater hazard to implement at least one of the three fall protection systems mentioned above.
- Employers have the burden of establishing that it is appropriate to implement a fall protection plan for a particular workplace situation, in lieu of implementing guardrail, safety net systems, or fall arrest systems.
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6-5. Employees performing residential construction activities _____ must be protected by fall protection systems.
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