Industry // Roofing
The most cited industry in America. The least documented.
Roofing consistently leads OSHA citation statistics for fall protection violations. The standard is clear. The documentation requirements are specific. Most roofing companies have neither. A single undocumented fall is a citation, a lawsuit, and a carrier event — simultaneously.
Where You Are Exposed
The Gaps That Become Lawsuits
Fall protection at 6 feet is required on every residential and commercial roof under OSHA 1926.501. No written fall protection plan means the employer owns every fall — regardless of whether the worker was warned verbally.
Fall protection training must be documented under OSHA 1926.503. Verbal safety talks are not training records. Missing signed training documentation is a willful violation in litigation.
Fall protection equipment — harnesses, lanyards, anchors — must be inspected and the inspections documented. Equipment in the truck with no inspection record is evidence of a systemic failure.
Competent-person designation for fall protection must be documented by the employer. A foreman who has been doing this for 15 years is not a documented competent person.
Service vehicles and drivers are subject to FMCSA driver qualification requirements. Fleet documentation failures compound fall incident liability.
How Precision Command Closes It
The Command System Deployed
The P.A.C.E. Audit maps every roofing exposure category to its governing standard and identifies every documentation gap. We deploy a Command System that installs a written fall protection plan, documented training records, equipment inspection logs, competent-person designation records, and complete driver qualification files — all maintained in a single administrative architecture that survives an OSHA inspection or a plaintiff deposition.
What the P.A.C.E. Audit Looks At
Five Surgical Strikes on Your Exposure
Written fall protection plan covering every roof type and work condition (OSHA 1926.501)
Fall protection training records: signed, dated, competent-person delivered (1926.503)
Equipment inspection logs for harnesses, lanyards, anchors, and ladders (1926.502)
Competent-person designation documentation and the documented basis for each designation
Driver qualification files: MVR, medical certificate, road test, employment application (FMCSA 391)
Common Questions
What Operators Ask Before They Engage
Your Next Step
Find Out Where Your Exposure Lives
The P.A.C.E. Audit maps your documentation gaps to the exact standards that govern your trade. Flat fee. Written deliverable. 14–21 days.
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