b'afety & Health Agenda for Roofing Professionals Fall Protection Standard Adva e Notice ncofsed Rule Making PropoBy Craig Adams, SH Program Administrator ARP liveunless persuasiveevi _data/FED19990714.html.ismethods of fall protection while denceissubmittedinrequesting c tsinforma climbingreinforcingsteel ommen and responsetothisANPRMtion onissues pertaining to the(rebar walls and cages). 10 demonstrating that for mostFall P Standard.What criteria should be used for rotection residentialconstructionrestraintmsyste s. employers complying with theThe 10 issues are:@Whether the strength requirerule is infeasible or presentsoWhether thereis a n formentsanchorage points for eedfor significant safety hazards."alternative procedures fori personal fall arrest systems, resOn August 9, 1994, a er a (OSHA ANPRM)dential construction.positioning device systems and ft nineyear rulengthe Occupa Weshould point out that the@Whether thereis a needforrestraint systemsshouldbe maki effort, tional Safety and Health Adminis interim ruleonlyry,alt procedur for pre chanwastempora ernativeesged. tration (OSHA) finally released itsand was created to clarify and offercast conc erection.0Whether the\'s retestandard prompt ro tempora pr resrevised Fall P tection Standard 29onlyryocedures that@Whetherthereis a need forrescue requirements should be CFR1926. -1926.503.Onidentialconstructionemployersalternative procedurespost revised. 500 for December 8, 1995, after variousmusttoIand that the u offrame c .@Whetherthereisa needfor low,seonstructionspecialized trades had voiced theirsafety monitors, inidential con oWheth thereisa needforalternativeprocedu for res erres concerns on the lack of feasibility ofstruction,part of STD 3-0.1A.alternative procedures for ven drilling shafts. isand inglivering complying with the new standard,is in jeopardy of be rescinded.dors de constructionWhether body belts incorpoOSHA released the interim fall pro T AN availableatmaterials.rated into full body harnesses hePRM, tection procedures forwww.osha-slc.gov/FedReg_osha0Wheth there are residentialeralternative Continued on page construction employers known as10 "Once "OSHA Instruction STD 3.1. againon June 18, 1999, OSHA of issued a plain language re-write OSHA STD3.1ande itled the ntstandard "OSHA Instruction STD 3-0.1A." OSHAemphasiz thatthe es extensive rulemaking process completed in 1994 established that theSHEETM E T A L ,INC. rotectionN",~,- ~; .~! fall p requirements in the ecessary and~ ~ rule are reasonably nappropriate to protect employees from the significant risks of fall haz Providing Sheet Metal for the Roofing Industry ards.Providing suchprotection was demonstrated toboth tech Seamless 7"x45 Downspout beBo GutterX economnologically andically feasible. OSHA is now preparing to revise the Fall Protection Standard. "With respect to OSHA Instruction STD 3-0. 1(interim fall protection comA pliance guidelines for residential,construction},theAgency intends to rescind that direc- [708] 756-4890OFFICE[708] 756-4892FAX'