How To Attach Roof Safety Harness

This video is about all surface roofing construction.

How to attach roof safety harness. Clip the end of the safety rope to the ring on the roof anchor. Inspect the roofing harness for any damage put on the harness and adjust the shoulder straps make sure the d ring is upper middle part of the shoulder adjust the leg straps adjust the chest straps final adjustment for a fit snug but still allow for a full range of movement. Step 5 attach the final rope. Always move slowly and carefully to keep your balance.

Choosing products that are substantially tested and widely used by professionals is always a safe option. The second rope you will attach is the rope grab this simply fits over the first rope. Make sure you are wearing a safety harness and correctly attach yourself to the above system. The workers attach themselves to those points with their safety harnesses and then get started with their work at heights.

Adjust the harness buckles for a snug fit. How to choose a safe roof access system. A jamb anchor can be clamped between the frame of a window or the posts of a door. Here are a few of the key points.

Then clip the lanyard to the d ring on the back of the harness squeeze the rope grab and slide it along the safety rope to reposition the lanyard on the rope as you move around the roof. The rope that runs over the sloping roof can be attached to the safety eye with a safety hook. Step 6 attach yourself. Don t work more than 4 ft.

As far as possible walk only on line of screws on metal roofs and on front of roof tiles where they are double thickness and suppor ted by a timber batten underneath. Locate the roof anchor directly above where you ll be working on the roof. You re now ready to step onto roof. Snap hook of harness into loop.

Inspect the harness and lanyard for loose stitching and worn webbing. However the jamb anchor is always wider than the frame or the doorpost which means that it cannot be installed if there is no room for the end that sticks out.