Sloping roof edge protection

Sloping roof edge protection typical arrangement in conventional tube and fittings... 

Figure 8.5 Typical sloping roof edge protection. Barriers shown in (a) can be useful where spaces is limited, but they are not capable of sustaining loads so large as (b) and (c) which also provide a working platform.

KeeGuard permanent roof edge fall protection systems feature a modular, adaptable design and are ideal for flat and low-sloped roofs as well as standing seam metal roofs. 

A. No. OSHA s fall protection standard for construction generally requires fall protection when there is a fall distance of six feet or more. In a few, very specific situations (low-slope roof work, some leading-edge work, precast concrete erection, and residential construction), because of feasibility limitations, the standard permits the use of a warning line, in combination with other measures, instead of conventional fall protection (guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems or safety net systems) to keep employees away from an edge. 

OSHA reqirires (per 1926.5010(b)(10)) each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-sloped roofs, with improtected sides and edges six feet or more above lower levels be protected from falling by ... 

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