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Reminder of OSHA Guardrail Requirements: Acro’s Various Guardrail Systems with Interchangeable Posts; can be used to build OSHA complaint fall protection in Any Environment. See Specifics Below & Review Our Guardrail Systems 1910.29(b)(1) The top edge height of top rails, or equivalent guardrail system members, are 42 inches (107 cm), plus or minus 3 inches…

10% Of Construction Fatalities Are Totally Preventable with Acro’s Solutions 42% of Construction Worker Deaths Involve Falls23% of Those Victims Had Access To Personal Fall Protection, But Didn’t Use It67% of Fatal Falls Were Less Than 30 Feet20% of Total Deaths Happened In the Victims’ First Two Months of Employment. – According to National Safety…

Fall Protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.501) was the most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites by federal OSHA for all industries in 2023 for the 13th straight year. https://www.osha.gov/top10citedstandards Take the Option of OSHA Compliance Out of the Hands of Your Workers; Use Passive Fall Protection Use Guardrails & All Workers Are Fully Covered:…

Our short answer is: “No on low slope edges, Yes everywhere else.” It is our interpretation of the OSHA regulations that the Toeboard is not an integral part of a guardrail for fall protection purposes on Low Slope Edges but is required for Openings and Steep Slope Edges. We believe Toeboards are essential for protection…

In the future, guardrails could become the fall protection system of choice for residential roofing contractors. The enforcement date has arrived for residential contractors to comply with OSHA’s STD 03-11-002. This directive, which went into effect March 15, cancelled the previous guideline, which had been in effect since 1999. It contains new and somewhat controversial residential…

As safety regs proliferate, so do product options. The days of laissez faire safety compliance on residential job sites are over. Last year’s OSHA rulings on residential fall protection put con- tractors on notice that noncompliance would no longer be tolerated. They also put safety manufacturers and distributors on notice too, to beef-up fall protection offerings. Here is how our selected suppliers are addressing these issues and opportunities.