Safe Work On Roofs Queensland

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Safe work on roofs queensland.

Workplace health and safety queensland carried out a compliance campaign targeting the safe erection alteration use and dismantling of scaffold over 2009 and 2010. It includes information on working at height roof access fragile roofs and managing risks associated with electricity manual tasks falling objects and exposure to heat and sunlight. Business operators managers and workers should work together to put in place health and safety measures and ensure appropriate staff training is conducted to minimise the risk of serious injuries. One quarter of these fatalities were caused from falls from height.

This information sheet provides advice on how to manage the risks associated with working on roofs. Safe work on roofs information sheet. Further information on falls is in the code. Managing fall risks on roofs in housing construction.

Or on roofs 50 feet 15 25 m or less in width the use of a safety monitoring system alone is permitted 29 cfr 1926 501 b 10. Single storey roof where the roof itself is flat or almost flat structurally stable and non slippery safe work procedures e g. Installing cabling and entering ceiling spaces for work such as installation of solar panels or aerials on roofs can pose serious risks to workers. Pcbu must prepare a safe work method statement prior to commencing any high risk construction work.

Consult with workers who will be performing the work and include step by step procedures on how to perform the work safely and how to manage any associated risks. The warning line system shall consist of ropes wires or chains and supporting stanchions 29 cfr 1926 502 f 2. You must prepare a safe work method statement swms for all high risk construction work before any work can begin. This requirement applies to all construction work including housing construction work.

Construction work that involves the risk of a person falling more than two metres is considered high risk construction work and the person conducting a business or undertaking pcbu must prepare a safe work method statement s 291 and s 299. Workplace health and safety queensland provides this alert to improve public access to occupational health safety information on the issue of controlling falling risks while working on roof framing. Ensuring workers maintain a 2 metre distance from all exposed edges when working on the roof and the safe use of ladders may be sufficient to minimise the risk of a fall. The information provided in this alert can only assist you in the most general way.

Safe work method statements are required for all high risk construction work including any construction work that. This video from hutchinson builders highlights the.