Roofing Safety Program

A roofing safety program, broken into the parts that actually matter

Five core areas, built around the hazards that cause the majority of roofer injuries and OSHA citations — not a generic multi-industry safety-manual template.

Fall Protection

Fall Protection for Roofing Crews — OSHA 1926 Subpart M

The system OSHA actually requires once a worker is 6 feet or higher on a roof — guardrails, safety nets, personal fall arrest systems, and warning lines, broken down by low-slope vs. steep-slope work.

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Ladder Safety

Ladder Safety for Roofing Crews — OSHA 1926 Subpart X

Roofing is the industry OSHA cites most often for ladder violations. The requirements aren't complicated — they're just skipped under time pressure.

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Heat Illness

Heat Illness Prevention for Roofing Crews

Roofers work in direct sun on a surface that radiates heat back at them. Here's what's actually required — and what's still just proposed — at the federal and state level.

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Roof-Edge & Skylight

Roof-Edge & Skylight Fall Protection

The two most commonly missed fall hazards on a roofing jobsite aren't exotic — they're the edge everyone gets used to walking near, and the skylight everyone assumes is solid.

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PPE

PPE Requirements for Roofing Work

Harnesses get the attention. Eye and face protection is the PPE citation roofing crews actually rack up most.

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Why five areas

Why this program is scoped the way it is

Every section on this site traces back to a real, verifiable OSHA standard or a documented cause of roofer injury and citation — nothing here is generic filler carried over from another trade.

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