{"id":34,"date":"2010-12-28T19:57:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T00:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawsafety.wordpress.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2010-12-28T19:57:29","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T00:57:29","slug":"more-on-fall-protection-for-residential-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law-safety.com\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"More on FAll Protection for Residential Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following information is from the OSHA website under the Fall Protection directive for residential construction:<\/p>\n

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  1. If an employer is engaged in residential construction, but does not provide guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or other fall protection allowed under 1926.501(b), a citation for violating 1926.501(b)(13) should be issued unless the employer can demonstrate the infeasibility of these protective measures or the existence of a greater hazard. If the employer demonstrates infeasibility or a greater hazard, the CSHO must determine if the employer has implemented a fall protection plan meeting the requirements of 1926.502(k). Part of that determination will be based on whether the employer has instituted alternative measures to reduce or eliminate fall hazards.<\/li>\n
  2. Under STD 03-00-001, the employer was not required to have a fall protection plan that was written and site-specific. With the cancellation of STD 03-00-001, fall protection plans under 1926.502(k) must be written and site-specific. If the fall protection plan is not written, site-specific, or otherwise fails to meet the requirements of 1926.502(k), the violation should be cited as a grouped citation of 1926.501(b)(13) and 1926.502(k). A written plan developed for repetitive use for a particular style\/model home will be considered site-specific with respect to a particular site only if it fully addresses all issues related to fall protection at that site.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What does all this mean??? It means, you must have a fall protection plan in place BEFORE construction starts. This plan may be updated throughout construction but it is imperative that a plan is in place. The OSHA inspector will ask for it and if you don’t have one, or it is not acceptable, fines will be issued!!!<\/p>\n

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    Don’t get caught without a fall protection plan in place. Call L.A.W. Construction Safety Consultants today to discuss how your plan can be put together to ensure the safety of all your employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The following information is from the OSHA website under the Fall Protection directive for residential construction: If an employer is engaged in residential construction, but does not provide guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or other fall protection allowed under 1926.501(b), a citation for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,9,10,11,14,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-l-a-w-construction-safety-consultants","category-fall-protection","category-osha-inspections","category-osha-news","category-residential-construction","category-safety-plans","category-safety-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/law-safety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/law-safety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/law-safety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law-safety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law-safety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/law-safety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/law-safety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law-safety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law-safety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}