The American Society of Safety Engineers said it supports OSHA's rescission of the interim Fall Protection Compliance Guidelines for Residential Construction.
In a letter to Assistant Secretary for OSHA Dr. David Michaels, ASSE President Terrie S. Norris, CSP, ARM, CSPI, said the group supports OSHA’s withdrawing of the Interim Fall Protection Compliance Guidelines for residential construction and its residential fall protection exemption (www.osha.gov/doc/fall_protection_factsheet.html). The action now requires all residential construction employers to comply with OSHA’s fall protection standard for construction requiring fall protection for all employees working above six feet. The policy in question involves fall protection when building homes and when the structure being built is constructed using traditional wood frame construction materials and methods.