Uncle Sam Does It Again!!
On Dec. 22, 2010, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an "instruction" that cancels OSHA's interim enforcement policy on fall protection for certain residential construction activities, replacing it with new compliance guidelines.
The new instruction essentially eliminates the option of using slide guards in residential construction on roofs with slopes of up to 8-in-12. Employers now must instead use safety nets, guardrails or personal fall-arrest systems on residential construction projects where the slope is greater than 4-in-12 and the potential for a fall from one level to another is 6 feet or greater.
This is just another example of big government’s BS and meddling in things they don’t have a clue about.
Can you see a roofer using a rope and harness to roof a 5/12, one story house? Come On Man!!!
