For information purposes only. This page supports your safety planning; it does not replace professional judgment. All safety plans and fall protection decisions for the task must be reviewed and approved by a Competent Person or a Qualified Person before work begins, as required by OSHA.
Weekly Safety Talk is our free training series for roofing crews and safety managers: easy-to-understand fall protection training, one question answered per talk, cited to the exact regulation. Every talk includes a printable crew talk with a sign-off sheet that satisfies the written certification requirement in 29 CFR 1926.503(b), plus a quiz to run at the tailgate. No login, and you don't have to give us an email address to use any of it.
The Series, in Order
Talk #1: OSHA Trigger Height
The trigger heights for federal OSHA and all 50 states, cited to the regulation: 6 feet in construction, 4 feet in general industry, and every state that goes further.
Talk #2: Steep Roof Safety
What the law actually requires above 6 feet on a roof steeper than 4:12, why warning lines and safety monitors are not options up there, how the first worker gets tied off before boots touch the roof, and where Washington, California, and Oregon go further.
Coming Next in the Series
Next up in the series: harness inspection rules and expiration myths, what counts as an OSHA-compliant anchor point, fall arrest versus fall restraint, fall clearance math, the ABCs of fall protection, SRLs versus lanyards, and ladder safety. Each talk is added here when it publishes.
Have a question your crew argues about? Send it through our contact page and it may become a talk.
Work safe up there.