As a high rise or mid rise building owner or property manager, you have contracts for exterior window cleaning and other exterior building maintenance. Your contractors rely on your building to provide *Certified Safe - OSHA Approved - Roof Top Anchors. Contractors use these anchorages to rappel to locations on exterior building surfaces to provide maintenance services.

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As of November 2017, NEW OSHA Regulations require building owners to provide "Proof" their roof top anchors meet the new requirements BEFORE any contractor can have their employees work on your building exteriors via (RDS) Rope Descent Systems.

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If you have not had your anchors "Proof Tested" at 5,000LBS force, as OSHA now requires, you are in violation of OSHA Regulations and can be sited and fined. We can help you avoid fines and more importantly, save lives.

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We have offices in Anchorage and Juneau Alaska, Olympia Washington, and Philadelphia Pennsylvania. We provide Nation Wide Service. Call us at: (888) 563-4909

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So, let us show you the New OSHA Regulations to help you better understand what You need to do to be in compliance with the law!

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NEW OSHA REGULATIONS

 

 

Regulation 1910.27(b)(1)(i)

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Before any rope descent system is used, the building owner must inform the employer, in writing that the building owner has identified, tested, certified, and maintained each anchorage so it is capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (2268 kg), in any direction, for each employee attached. The information must be based on an annual inspection by a qualified person and certification of each anchorage by a qualified person, as necessary, and at least every 10 years.

 

Regulation 1910.27(b)(1)(ii)

 

The employer must ensure that no employee uses any anchorage before the employer has obtained written information from the building owner that each anchorage meets the requirements of paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section. The employer must keep the information for the duration of the job.

 

Regulation 1910.27(b)(1)(iii)

 

The requirements in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section must be implemented no later than November 20, 2017.

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OUR VISION AND SERVICES

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At ACT, Anchor Certification Testing, our mission is to ensure roof anchors are compliant with OSHA regulations.

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Here is what we can do for you...

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• 5,000lbs Anchor "Rating and Testing" Certification:

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At least every 10 years roof anchors need to be proof tested to be capable of supporting a 5,000 lbs. load. This is where we'll need to start for buildings that cannot provide this documentation. 

 

To begin the process we will confirm existing engineer schematics for anchor design and placement then will move to physical test to prove the physical 'capability' of the anchors in meeting OSHA's Regulation.  Building Owners are provided with written verification that each anchor has either passed or failed the testing process..

Testing equipment records the stress the anchor is under at 2,500 lbs, (IWCA/ANSI I-14  8.1.3(b) ). In addition, our professional engineers will qualify each anchor is rated to the 5,000lbs standard.  Digital and Hard Copies of the report will be provided. *Buildilng Owners will need to provide this report to contractors before the contractor can utilize these anchors. OSHA Letter of Interpretation dated 1-25-19 resulted in a 2,500 lb. test designation.

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• Annual Anchor Inspections:

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Following the initial Testing Certification of anchorages, we will conduct annual inspections to verify each anchor point remains Certified and usable. After this inspection is complete, we will provide an additional report to be combined with the original testing documentation. This inspection is required every year for up to 9 years until your 5,000lbs Anchor "Rating and Testing" Certification is required again.