Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, div. 1, ch. 4, subch. 4, app A Plate A-3-c

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 25, June 21, 2024
Roofing Operations
1. Knotted hand lines should not be used.
2. Roofers tending kettles, or carrying buckets of hot tar, shall wear gloves that fit snugly at the wrists, and long sleeved shirts fastened at the wrists.
3. At no time should a roofer, while handling or exposed to injury from hot tar, work without a shirt or appropriate footwear.
4. Appropriate portable fire extinguishers shall be kept at or near the kettle, attached, if practicable, to the tongue of the kettle, away from the danger zone.
5. Kettle covers should be equipped with a handle that projects at least fourteen inches (14") away from the surface of the cover or lid.
6. Kettle covers shall be closed and latched when in transit and the kettle should be slop-proof when cover is closed.
7. When parked, means shall be provided to prevent inadvertent movement of the kettle.
8. Ladders should be used with great caution, and roof gutters should not be depended upon for support.
9. Workers handling buckets of hot tar should not carry anything that will interfere with the safety of this operation.
10. The gallows frame shall be securely anchored before hoisting materials.
11. Only muscular power shall be used to hoist materials by means of a gallows frame. A winch or power hoist shall not be used.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, div. 1, ch. 4, subch. 4, app A Plate A-3-c

1. Repealer of Item No. 58 and renumbering of Item Nos. 59-61 filed 6-6-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 23).
2. Amendment filed 4-3-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 14).

Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.