Are Your Roofing Crew Tethered?

[bjstare]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

Having some roofing experience - the usual headache is - how do you get an appropriate anchor on top of a roof? Yes there's big plates that bolt into the peak and trusses but you need one per crew member, so 5-6 to a roof and you need to drill a big hole through the peak, + 4-8 big lags each.

Surely there's another way...? I would not want roofers turning my house into swiss cheese.

Cant they just lay a ground perimeter of inflatable airbags or something?

[killramos]

Roofing. Not even once.

[pheoxs]

Curious if you are building your own garage would being attached be a requirement or is it different for doing things yourself. Would you just put anchors in the roof to tie to?

[ThePenIsMightier]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

Roofing. Not even once.

I used to be a hot tar roofer.
Boy, I remember that day real well!

[killramos]

Yummy

[ThePenIsMightier]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

Curious if you are building your own garage would being attached be a requirement or is it different for doing things yourself. Would you just put anchors in the roof to tie to?

It's likely completely different because you're not in a work (occupational) scenario, so OH&S can't infringe upon your rights to be as stupid as you want on your own property.

The only fall arrest I've seen in residential are those roof anchors, I think. It's fairly common in large new developments where a dominant builder is around like Sterling, etc.

[Lex350]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

Ok Karen, start calling them in then.

You win dumbest quote of the day!

[AndyL]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

Surely there's another way...? I would not want roofers turning my house into swiss cheese.

Cant they just lay a ground perimeter of inflatable airbags or something?

When I was doing it there was no good way. On top of that you only had a 30° ROM then you exceeded the side load ratings. Plus the risk of the swing was high. The airhoses were bad enough risks back then, accidentally step on one and you probably were going off the roof. Add some fall arrest lines in...

However - the falling off a roof was uncommon. The rate of back injury was pretty extreme... And that's likely where the wcb rate comes from (same with framers and drywallers). It's all hunched over heavy lifting work with poor body positioning...

[ThePenIsMightier]

What's a roofer say during sex?

...





...









Get off me, Dad! You're crushing my smokes!

[kenny]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

The only fall arrest I've seen in residential are those roof anchors, I think. It's fairly common in large new developments where a dominant builder is around like Sterling, etc.

I see a lot of new home builds where the anchors are left on the roof, Wonder if this is a new thing?

Would be useful for any roofing contractors to utilize in the future I guess if they trust they are still anchored in securely.

[ianmcc]

So lets say you are having your roof done and the crew doing the work is not tethered. Who do you talk to if the super isn't on sight? Or your neighbours house?
From the sounds of some here you should shut up and mind your own business. Isn't safety everyone's responsibility?
Coming from too many years on our business units OHSE committee.

[killramos]

You tell Al Qaeda

[legendboy]

Old friend of mine was roofing, no fall arrest. He fell from 26 feet to the ground and broke his back in 3 places. Took him over a year to recover. Told him to get a better job!
I had to take fall arrest and CTS09 when I went to the Jacos Site. It was about 2 hours or less on PC and I knew what the deal was

[SKR]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

I used to be a hot tar roofer.
Boy, I remember that day real well!

You're still hot.

[FraserB]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

I see a lot of new home builds where the anchors are left on the roof, Wonder if this is a new thing?

Would be useful for any roofing contractors to utilize in the future I guess if they trust they are still anchored in securely.

Mine is a 2008 build, still has the tie off straps on the roof and most of the places around me have them still.

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

So lets say you are having your roof done and the crew doing the work is not tethered. Who do you talk to if the super isn't on sight? Or your neighbours house?
From the sounds of some here you should shut up and mind your own business. Isn't safety everyone's responsibility?
Coming from too many years on our business units OHSE committee.

My own house, stop work until I talked to the company or the super. Neighbor’s house, probably tell the neighbor they might want to address it. I just dealt with it up front by hiring a company that said they’d be tied off on the roof.