Safety Monitoring Systems. If a crew must work outside of the Controlled Access Zone and when no other alternative fall protection can feasibly be implemented, the crew will implement a safety monitoring system. This system may only be utilized on low-slope roofs. Crews must appoint a competent person to monitor the safety and will ensure that the safety monitor:
Safety Monitoring Systems. When no other alternative fall protection has been implemented, the employer shall implement a safety monitoring system. Employers must appoint a competent person to monitor the safety of workers and the employer shall ensure that the safety monitor: • Is competent in the recognition of fall hazards; • Is capable of warning workers of fall hazard dangers and in detecting unsafe work practices; • Is operating on the same walking/working surfaces of the workers and can see them; • Is close enough to work operations to communicate orally with workers and has no other duties to distract from the monitoring function. Mechanical equipment shall not be used or stored in areas where safety monitoring systems are being used to monitor employees engaged in roofing operations on low-sloped roofs. No worker, other than one engaged in roofing work (on low-sloped roofs) or one covered by a fall protection plan, shall be allowed in an area where an employee is being protected by a safety monitoring system. All workers in a controlled access zone shall be instructed to promptly comply with fall hazard warnings issued by safety monitors. Safety Net Systems Safety nets must be installed as close as practicable under the walking/working surface on which employees are working and never more than 30 feet (9.1 meters) below such levels. Defective nets shall not be used. Safety nets shall be inspected at least once a week for wear, damage, and other deterioration. Safety nets shall be installed with sufficient clearance underneath to prevent contact with the surface or structure below. must be removed as soon as possible and at least before the next work shift. Warning Line Systems Warning line systems consist of ropes, wires, or chains, and supporting stanchions and are set up as follows: • Flagged at not more than 6-foot (1.8 meters) intervals with high-visibility material; • Rigged and supported so that the lowest point including sag) is no less than 34 inches (0.9 meters) from the walking/working surface and its highest point is no more than 39 inches (1 meter) from the walking/workingsurface. • Stanchions, after being rigged with warning lines, shall be capable of resisting, without tipping over, a force of at least 16 pounds (71 newtons) applied horizontally against the stanchion, 30 inches (0.8 meters) above the walking/working surface, perpendicular to the warning line and in the direction of the floor, roof, or platform edge; • The rope, wire, or chain shall have a mini...
Safety Monitoring Systems. If an worker must work outside of the Controlled Access Zone and when no other alternative fall protection can feasibly be been implemented, the superintendent will implement a safety monitoring system. This system may only be utilized on low- slope roofs. Crew leaders must appoint a competent person to monitor the safety of workers and the employer shall ensure that the safety monitor: ▪ Is competent in the recognition of fall hazards; ▪ Is capable of warning workers of fall hazard dangers and in detecting unsafe work practices; ▪ Is operating on the same walking/working surfaces of the workers and can see them; ▪ Is close enough to work operations to communicate orally with workers and has no other duties to distract from the monitoring function. Mechanical equipment shall not be used or stored in areas where safety monitoring systems are being used to monitor workers engaged in roofing operations on low- sloped roofs. No worker, other than one engaged in roofing work (on low-sloped roofs) or one covered by a fall protection plan, shall be allowed in an area where a worker is being protected by a safety monitoring system. All workers shall be instructed to promptly comply with fall hazard warnings issued by safety monitors.
