What would it cost to have a steel cable type rail installed? I think that a rail is required if you will be within a certain distance from the edge. Where are my OSHA guys? Somebody has to know this rule. That being said, We've never had rails on the rooftop sites for any company that I have ever worked for.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > One of our sites is like that. We just wear a climbing harness with a > tether tied to an anchor. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 4/14/2015 2:57 PM, TJ Trout wrote: > >> >> We are working on setting up a new rooftop site and the building owner is >> hesitant to allow us on the roof because there is no barriers or handrails, >> you can literally just roll a coin off of the roof. Having handrails >> installed looks to be too expensive, any other ideas ? Personally I think >> it's way safer than climbing a tower but they don't see it that way. >> >> I was thinking maybe some of those interlinking steel crowd barriers? >> Can't really find a source for those either and they look to be like $25 >> per foot which will also cost a fortune... >> >> Maybe one of those retractable fall protection things anchored to the >> middle of the roof ? >> >> >
