Safety Plan Roof Trusses

Construction workers and installing roof trusses can be particularly dangerous for two reasons.

Safety plan roof trusses.

The erection of roof trusses may place employees at risk of falling from a height that is greater than 2m. With the addition of toeboards falling object protection can be provided to the areas below. Exterior bracket scaffolds can also be used for installing roof trusses and other rooftop construction activities. When properly constructed and used.

Placing trusses onto housing frames using powered mobile plant such as a vehicle loading crane may also be required. 1 truss construction usually occurs high above the ground and 2 trusses are not stable until they are properly restrained and braced. Roof trusses are the highest part of a house frame so residential construction workers installing them can fall and be seriously injured or even killed. By assembling a truss section on the ground employers can greatly reduce the risk of falls for workers.

Trusses are very unstable prior to being properly braced or sheathed. This is particularly true if the worker is depending on the tie off to the trusses to protect him her from a fall. Depending on the building layout and the tasks involved lifts e g aerial scissor may be options for setting. The guardrail system on the scaffold can provide fall protection.