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Tilt-Up Roof Hazards
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Tilt-Up Roof Hazards Overview
  • Accessing the roof
  • Securing the tilt-up roof into place
    • from the attic,
    • the roof top,
    •  or from the other module
  • Completing the roofing material and ridge vent installation
  • Workers access attic area from roof
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Accessing the Roof Hazards








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Accessing tilt up roof with front end loader (video)







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Attaching Tilt Up Roof to Rigging







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Tilt Up Roof Hazards
  • The 2 major hazards that occur during the tilt-up roof process are:
    • Fall Hazards (From the rooftop inside the attic area and from ladders.
    • Crushing Hazards (From the tilt-up roof collapsing on the workers).
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Hoisting Tilt-Up Roof into Place (video)
  • Employee rides the roof (the live load) up as he signals the crane operator.
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Accessing the Attic Area
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Accessing Attic Area Hazards
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Tilting Up the Roof Ridge Hazards
  • Some modular roof designs have an additional hinged roof section that connects the roof ridge.
  • These employees are exposed to fall hazards while tilting this final section into place.
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Securing Roof Supports Hazards
  • This employee along with other co-workers are lifting the roof up onto the support posts.
  • These employees are pulling the roof supports into place.
  • Both groups are exposed to fall hazards.
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Setting support pieces into place while roof is suspended Hazards







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Roofing Hazards
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Safe Alternative: Portable Horizontal Lifeline
  • This horizontal lifeline system is designed to be attached to 2x4’s on residential construction sites and could be installed within the attic of a module home to be tied off to during the tilt up process.
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Safe Alternative: Permanent Anchor Points
  • These anchor points could be installed on the roof peak and / or on top off the ceiling joists in the attic area for use during tilt-up roof procedures.
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Safe Alternative: Rope Grab (Vertical lifeline)
  • Once the tilt-up roof work moves to the roof slope, a rope grab could be installed to a roof peak anchor.
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Safe Alternative: Rope Grab with a Horizontal Lifeline
  • This rope grab is used in conjunction with a roof top horizontal lifeline that also allows the worker to move side to side on the roof as well as up and down.
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Safe Alternative: Proper Use of Personal Fall Arrest Equipment
  • Once the anchor points are in place the employee must properly wear a full body harness and connect to the anchor point with a proper connecting device
  • The connecting device could be a shock absorbing lanyard, a retractable lifeline or a rope grab device.
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Crushing Hazards
  • During this installation 2 individuals were standing under the roof which was being suspended by a crane.
  • The failure of the crane, the hoist line, or the rigging could have crushed the 2 workers.
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Crushing Hazards
  • This installation involved a crew of 5 that were standing under of roof suspended by a crane.
  • Again, a failure of the crane, hoist line, or rigging would have resulted in the roof crushing these 5 workers.
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Roof Jacks: Crushing Hazard Safe Alternative
  • These devices can be put in place prior to hoisting the home.
  • In this scenario, the employee would still need to access the attic area but could  hoist the tilted roof without going under the roof.
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Roof Jacks: Crushing Hazard Safe Alternative
  • The roof jacks are able to jack the tilted roof into place from the ground below on single story installations.
  • This eliminates the need to climb into the attic area reducing the crushing and fall hazards.
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Copper Pipe Hook Tool: Crushing Hazard Safe Alternative
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Tilt Up Crushing and Fall Hazards Review (Video)
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Tilt-Up Roof Review
  • Tilting up a modular roof is very dangerous.
  • The 2 major hazards are falling from the roof or attic and being crushed by the tilt-up roof
  • Safe alternatives for falls include
    • using fall protection while on the roof and in the attic.
    • Working from a ladder
  • Safe alternatives from the crushing hazard include
    • using roof jacks
    • using a hook tool
    • Working from a ladder