How To Work On A Fragile Roof

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How to work on a fragile roof.

The principles of working on fragile surfaces are exactly the same as any other form of work at height you need to apply the hierarchy of control to ensure that the work can be. The ohs duties of employers to prevent workers from being injured. The work involved replacing fragile asbestos cement roof sheets with metal roof cladding. In may 2013 a roofing company was fined for exposing workers to serious risk of injury at a site in north wales.

Roof lights and skylights. Roof risks roof related accidents can happen anywhere. Non reinforced fibre cement sheets. Use a mobile elevating work platform mewp that allows people to work from within the basket without standing on the roof itself.

While simply climbing onto a roof may seem like a quick and easy way to do a minor repair job or clean a roof light it s fraught with danger particularly on a fragile roof and should be avoided at all costs. Falling from a roof is an occupational health and safety ohs risk for workers who remove fragile roofing. Roof slates and tiles. Work on or near fragile surfaces requires a combination of stagings guard rails fall restraint fall arrest and safety nets slung beneath and close to the roof.

If the work cannot be done from underneath and workers need access to the topside of the roof. The magistrates court heard how the roofing contractor had been contracted to replace the roofs of light industrial units. Working on fragile roofs. How to tread carefully on fragile surfaces.

Warning notices must be fixed on the approach to any fragile surface. Glass such as wired glass. Roof slates and tiles glass such as wired glass.