Working on Roofs needs to be approached with care to prevent any accidental injury. Ensuring that the surface is in good condition and assessing where the potential to fall is goes a long way to preventing possible accidents. A detailed OHS Safe Work Method Statement provides you with a complete safety procedure for working on roofs via having a set of procedures that eliminates common hazards.

The OHS Procedure is ready to use and comes in an MS Word format for easy editing in of any site specific OHS risks.

Additional Safety Notes

Before Commencing Work On Roofs:

You must assume that the roof is brittle or fragile unless it has been positively confirmed as being metal sheeted and in sound condition.

Identify:

• All tasks that could involve someone falling. Example: working within 3 metres of the roof edge.
• Any objects that could fall onto someone
• Possible adverse climate conditions. Example: rain or heavy dew.
• Risks to other workers on site such as objects that could fall onto others.

The Safety Procedure includes:

• Personal Protective Equipment
• Roof Identification
• Fall Rescue Procedures
• Warning Signs
• Brittle Roofs
• Crane Placement
• Locating Cables & Tiger Tails
• Fall Arrest Scaffolding
• Mobile Scaffolding
• Ladder Access
• Using Electric Tools
• Manual Handling On Roofs
• Site Safety
• Removing Waste From Roofs


• 5 Page Complete Procedure
• MS Word Format
• Ready To Use
• Version 4.0

The Working On Roofs Safety Procedure has been Referenced From:

• Queensland Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1997
• Queensland Scaffolding Advisory Standard 2004
• New South Wales Code of Practice Safe Work on Roofs
• Workcover Tasmania Managing the Risk of Falling in Housing Construction Code of Practice
• Workcover Tasmania Working at Heights Guide to Reducing the Risk of Injury

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