Safety and roofs
Speaking of roofs, my driving around the south and central Texas area finds that the developers are building houses in the new subdivisions with roofs that are not meant to be climbed. Steep, cut-up, mostly two stories. The old days of the accessible 4/12 ranch style house roof have been gone since the mid-1980's.
Increasingly, I am of the opinion that a preferred way to investigate these roofs are with a truck mounted crane and lift bucket. Our safety is now, more than ever, being compromised by inherently dangerous roof designs.
I believe that a revolution in a safe work environment for our industry is due. I anticipate that OSHA will be taking an active interest in the work practices of the insurance industry and their vendors with regard to this topic. And, for one, I consider it a time overdue.
Source: Forum Archive Discussion started by Ghostbuster on 11/22/2003 with 73 Replies, the link below will take you to the complete discussion
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Safety and roofs
Forum Archive Post by Ghostbuster - 73 Replies
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OSHA - roofs - adjusters?
Excerpt from discussion ...In the "Cougar Paw Problems" thread, Ric Vitiello said, ".... OSHA says 8/12 is the limit ....". Tom Toll said, ".... often wondered why the OSHA rule does not seem to apply to adjusters ...." and that they (OSHA) seemingly ignored him up on a 10/12 roof. A rather cumbersome Google search centered around OSHA, leads to an unbelievably verbose pile of OSHA literature. However, according to the National Safety Council, just ladder accident