It Can Be Done – Potential Solutions
Residential Construction – Fall Protection Requirements

Gary McIver, Cal/OSHA

As of last July, the height trigger for fall protection requirements dropped to 6 feet across the board, changing the game for roofers and framers.  While this is in line with Fed OSHA requirements, it threw things off for many in construction used to dealing with much higher triggers and exceptions.  This presentation will outline the new requirements and offer potential solutions for residential framing and roofing work.

Gary McIver, Jr. is a Senior Safety Engineer and CSP with Cal/OSHA Consultation in Sacramento.  Gary has more than 33 years of experience in health and safety including eight in private industry and 15 as a safety engineer for Cal/OSHA in the Sacramento Enforcement Office Region 2.  He has done more than 1100 Cal/OSHA inspections, including investigations into 300 serious accidents and over 100 fatalities.  He has been a Cal/OSHA internal trainer and for the last 10 years he has been a Senior Safety Engineer with Cal/OSHA Consultation.  In Cal/OSHA Consultation Gary does public outreach, manages VPPC projects, serves as a technical resource for construction, general industry, agriculture, tree work, logging, and manufacturing industries.