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(ii) Materials which are piled,
grouped, or stacked near a roof edge
shall be stable and self-supporting.
(8) Canopies, when used as falling object protection, shall be strong enough
to prevent collapse and to prevent penetration by any objects which may fall
onto the canopy.
(k) Fall protection plan. This option is
available only to employees engaged in
leading edge work, precast concrete
erection work, or residential construction work (See § 1926.501(b)(2), (b)(12),
and (b)(13)) who can demonstrate that
it is infeasible or it creates a greater
hazard to use conventional fall protection equipment. The fall protection
plan must conform to the following
provisions.
(1) The fall protection plan shall be
prepared by a qualified person and developed specifically for the site where
the leading edge work, precast concrete
work, or residential construction work
is being performed and the plan must
be maintained up to date.
(2) Any changes to the fall protection
plan shall be approved by a qualified
person.
(3) A copy of the fall protection plan
with all approved changes shall be
maintained at the job site.
(4) The implementation of the fall
protection plan shall be under the supervision of a competent person.
(5) The fall protection plan shall document the reasons why the use of conventional fall protection systems
(guardrail systems, personal fall arrest
systems, or safety nets systems) are infeasible or why their use would create
a greater hazard.
(6) The fall protection plan shall include a written discussion of other
measures that will be taken to reduce
or eliminate the fall hazard for workers
who cannot be provided with protection from the conventional fall protection systems. For example, the employer shall discuss the extent to
which scaffolds, ladders, or vehicle
mounted work platforms can be used to
provide a safer working surface and
thereby reduce the hazard of falling.
(7) The fall protection plan shall
identify each location where conventional fall protection methods cannot
be used. These locations shall then be
classified as controlled access zones

§ 1926.503

and the employer must comply with
the criteria in paragraph (g) of this section.
(8) Where no other alternative measure has been implemented, the employer shall implement a safety monitoring system in conformance with
§ 1926.502(h).
(9) The fall protection plan must include a statement which provides the
name or other method of identification
for each employee who is designated to
work in controlled access zones. No
other employees may enter controlled
access zones.
(10) In the event an employee falls, or
some other related, serious incident occurs, (e.g., a near miss) the employer
shall investigate the circumstances of
the fall or other incident to determine
if the fall protection plan needs to be
changed (e.g. new practices, procedures, or training) and shall implement
those changes to prevent similar types
of falls or incidents.
§ 1926.503 Training requirements.
The following training provisions
supplement and clarify the requirements of § 1926.21 regarding the hazards
addressed in subpart M of this part.
(a) Training Program. (1) The employer shall provide a training program
for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program
shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall
train each employee in the procedures
to be followed in order to minimize
these hazards.
(2) The employer shall assure that
each employee has been trained, as
necessary, by a competent person
qualified in the following areas:
(i) The nature of fall hazards in the
work area;
(ii) The correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and
inspecting the fall protection systems
to be used;
(iii) The use and operation of guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, warning line
systems, safety monitoring systems,
controlled access zones, and other protection to be used;
(iv) The role of each employee in the
safety monitoring system when this
system is used;

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Pt. 1926, Subpt. M, App. A

29 CFR Ch. XVII (7–1–09 Edition)

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(v) The limitations on the use of mechanical equipment during the performance of roofing work on low-sloped
roofs;
(vi) The correct procedures for the
handling and storage of equipment and
materials and the erection of overhead
protection; and
(vii) The role of employees in fall
protection plans;
(viii) The standards contained in this
subpart.
(b) Certification of training. (1) The
employer shall verify compliance with
paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written certification record.
The written certification record shall
contain the name or other identity of
the employee trained, the date(s) of the
training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the
signature of the employer. If the employer relies on training conducted by
another employer or completed prior to
the effective date of this section, the
certification record shall indicate the
date the employer determined the prior
training was adequate rather than the
date of actual training.
(2) The latest training certification
shall be maintained.
(c) Retraining. When the employer has
reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained
does not have the understanding and
skill required by paragraph (a) of this
section, the employer shall retrain
each such employee. Circumstances
where retraining is required include,
but are not limited to, situations
where:
(1) Changes in the workplace render
previous training obsolete; or
(2) Changes in the types of fall protection systems or equipment to be
used render previous training obsolete;
or
(3) Inadequacies in an affected employee’s knowledge or use of fall protection systems or equipment indicate
that the employee has not retained the
requisite understanding or skill.

NOTE: The following appendices to subpart
M of this part serve as non-mandatory guidelines to assist employers in complying with
the appropriate requirements of subpart M of
this part.

APPENDIX A TO SUBPART M OF PART
1926—DETERMINING ROOF WIDTHS
Non-mandatory Guidelines for Complying With
§ 1926.501(b)(10)
(1) This Appendix serves as a guideline to
assist employers complying with the requirements
of
§ 1926.501(b)(10).
Section
1910.501(b)(10) allows the use of a safety monitoring system alone as a means of providing
fall protection during the performance of
roofing operations on low-sloped roofs 50 feet
(15.25 m) or less in width. Each example in
the appendix shows a roof plan or plans and
indicates where each roof or roof area is to
be measured to determine its width. Section
views or elevation views are shown where appropriate. Some examples show ‘‘correct’’
and ‘‘incorrect’’ subdivisions of irregularly
shaped roofs divided into smaller, regularly
shaped areas. In all examples, the dimension
selected to be the width of an area is the
lesser of the two primary dimensions of the
area, as viewed from above. Example A
shows that on a simple rectangular roof,
width is the lesser of the two primary overall
dimensions. This is also the case with roofs
which are sloped toward or away from the
roof center, as shown in Example B.
(2) Many roofs are not simple rectangles.
Such roofs may be broken down into subareas as shown in Example C. The process of
dividing a roof area can produce many different configurations. Example C gives the
general rule of using dividing lines of minimum length to minimize the size and number of the areas which are potentially less
than 50 feet (15.25 m) wide. The intent is to
minimize the number of roof areas where
safety monitoring systems alone are sufficient protection.
(3) Roofs which are comprised of several
separate, non-contiguous roof areas, as in
Example D, may be considered as a series of
individual roofs. Some roofs have penthouses, additional floors, courtyard openings, or similar architectural features; Example E shows how the rule for dividing
roofs into subareas is applied to such configurations. Irregular, non-rectangular roofs
must be considered on an individual basis, as
shown in Example F.

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