Fragile Roof Ladder

Deaths caused by falls through fragile surfaces occur mainly to those working in the building maintenance sector when carrying out small short term maintenance and cleaning jobs.

Fragile roof ladder.

Roofing contractor and american ladder institute. Roofers will usually use an extension ladder to gain access to the roof and a second extension ladder with wheels and hooks to secure it to the ridge of the roof to complete the work from the roof. Falls from flat roof edges can be prevented by simple edge protection arrangements a secure double guardrail and toeboard around the edge. On average 7 people are killed each year after falling through a fragile roof or fragile roof light.

Ideal for short term protection when life lines or guardrails are not provided. The video shows how to install the kee safety board walk safe working platform for fragile roofs. Where work is of short duration tasks measured in minutes properly secured ladders to access the roof and proper roof ladders may be used. We offer both single and double section ladders.

Residential roofers will most often use a combination of different ladders to install shingles or complete other roofing tasks. Many others suffer permanent disabling injury. Compact design for ease of transportation and storage. Working on the platforms is possible upto 1 2m from the ladder path.

Our trade roof ladders are supplied by bratts lyte and werner. For working beyond 1 2m the ladder can be adjusted across the roof corrugations. The system permits a linear coverage of 10 5m from any point on a fragile roof. There must be at least 3 ladders available to each person on the roof.

No part of the body leaves the roof. The board walk open mesh walkway system has been designed s. Tacklife telescoping ladder 17 feet aluminum extension ladder with 2 flexible wheels safe protective switch non slip rubber feet 300lb capacity multi use ladder 4 7 out of 5 stars 438 169 98 169. Safety precaution to be taken while working near a fragile roof protection is needed when anyone passes or works nearer than 2 m to fragile material.

All trade roof ladders that we sell are for frequent use. On a sloping roof a properly constructed roof ladder or on a flat roof a harness attached to a secure anchorage with a short enough lanyard to prevent an actual fall off the roof i e.