6 feet from the edge.
Minmum roof clearances for guardrail 15 feet.
The tssa will consider requests for deviations from the code if the following documents are submitted.
For general industry working at a 4 foot height or a low sloped roof osha requires.
Guards shall be provided where appliance equipment fans roof hatch openings or other components that require service are located within 10 feet of a roof edge or open side of a walking surface and such edge or open side is located more than 30 inches above floor roof or grade below.
When work is performed 15 feet 4 6 m or more from the roof edge the employer must.
A warning line is used 15 feet or more from the edge.
In this situation an anchor point is placed at foot level of the user while a 2 meter 6 5 ft lanyard with pea is used.
1910 28 b 13 iii a protect each employee from falling by a guardrail system safety net system travel restraint system or personal fall arrest system or a designated area.
See ibc 2006 section 1013 5 mechanical equipment.
Conventional fall protection guardrail fall restraint or fall arrest system is required.
Anchor point below the attachment point.
If you have less than the required six feet of clearance then a variance is required.
The no minimum height rule there is an instance in which there is no minimum height.
Safety factor 0 6 meter 2 ft a fall clearance of 3 7 meters 12 1 ft is required when this fall protection system is used.
Remember a safety monitor whose job it is to do nothing but ensure your personnel are not coming too close to the warning line must be used in conjunction with a warning line.
The minimum clearance between handrails and any other object is 2 25 inches 5 7 cm.
Conventional fall protection guardrail fall restraint or fall arrest system is required.
The warning line meets or exceeds the requirements in 1926 502 f 2.
Between 6 feet and 15 feet from the edge.
The gas code requires that there be a clearance of at least six feet between a roof top unit and the roof edge or other hazard.
1910 29 b 15 manila or synthetic rope used for top rails or midrails are inspected as necessary to ensure that the rope continues to meet the strength requirements in paragraphs b 3 and 5 of this section.
6 is the minimum distance from the edge of the roof or from a hole in the roof at which you must erect a warning line during roofing work if a warning line is your fall protection of choice.