OSHA Fall Protection in Residential Construction Resources & Training

Regulation

• Fall Protection Standard Subpart M. OSHA Regulation.

Directive

• Compliance Guidance for Residential Construction. OSHA Directive, (2010, December 16).

Presentations

• Workers’ Compensation Costs of Falls in Construction [PPT^* – 767 KB].
• Compliance Assistance: Fall Protection in Residential Construction. OSHA. [narrated PPT]
• Residential Fall Protection Presentation. OSHA Slide Presentation. [PPT – 1 MB] Also available in Spanish [PPT – 1 MB].

Compliance Aids

• Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Roof Sheathing [802 KB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA Fact Sheet.
• Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Installing Standing Seam Metal Roofs [487 KB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA Fact Sheet.
• Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Re-Roofing [631 KB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA Fact Sheet.
• Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Installing Tile Roofs [405 KB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA Fact Sheet.
• Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Installing Roof Trusses [1 MB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA Fact Sheet.
• Reducing Falls During Residential Construction: Roof Repair [725 KB PDF^*, 4 pages]. OSHA Fact Sheet.
• Sample Fall Protection Plan for Residential Construction. OSHA. [DOC – 43 KB]
• Residential Construction Questions and Answers. OSHA.
• Fall Protection in Residential Construction. OSHA Fact Sheet. [PDF – 259 KB]
• Guidance Document on Fall Protection in Residential Construction [Spanish]. OSHA. [PDF – 1 MB]

Fall Protection in Residential Construction. OSHA Fact Sheet. [PDF – 259 KB]

Fall Protection in Residential Construction [Spanish]. OSHA Guidance Document. [PDF – 1 MB]

Other Resources

• Extension of the transitional phase: OSHA Temporary Policy Guidance for Enforcement and Compliance Assistance Related to the New Residential Fall Protection Directive Standard STD 03-11-002. OSHA.
• June Letter to NAHB [Announcing Three-Month Phase-in]. OSHA. [PDF – 72 KB]
• Compliance Directive for Fall Protection in Residential Construction. OSHA Federal Register Notice 75:80315, (2010, December 22).
• US Labor Department’s OSHA acts to protect residential roofing workers Agency rescinds Clinton-era directive and gives workers more safeguards against falls. OSHA News Release, (2010, December 22).

How can OSHA Help?

OSHA has developed this webpage to provide workers and employers useful, up-to-date information on residential fall protection. For other valuable worker protection information, such as Workers’ Rights, Employer Responsibilities and other services OSHA offers, read OSHA’s Workers page.