{"id":"36906771-bebf-4cb7-aef1-5a96be5f775b","task":"Apply current OSHA fall protection requirements (29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13)) for residential steep-slope roofing work performed 6 feet or more above a lower level.","domain":"osha.gov","steps":["Confirm the work is residential construction covered by 1926.501(b)(13) and that workers are exposed to a fall of 6 feet or more.","Provide conventional fall protection — guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems (PFAS) — as the default requirement under current OSHA enforcement guidance (STD 03-11-002, effective since 2011, which rescinded the earlier interim compliance guidelines for residential construction).","Where conventional fall protection is demonstrably infeasible or creates a greater hazard, develop and implement a written, site-specific fall protection plan meeting 1926.502(k), including documented justification.","Do not rely on slide guards/roof brackets alone as compliant fall protection under current enforcement; if used, they should supplement — not substitute for — a conventional system or an approved written plan.","Confirm compliance directly against the current directive text at osha.gov (STD 03-11-002 and related residential fall protection guidance) rather than older secondhand summaries, since this directive has been clarified over time."],"gotchas":["The older 'interim' residential fall protection guidelines, which had allowed broader use of alternative measures without a written plan, were rescinded years ago — do not cite pre-2011 guidance as current OSHA policy.","A written fall protection plan under 1926.502(k) is only a substitute for conventional protection when infeasibility/greater-hazard is genuinely demonstrated and documented — it is not a default option a contractor can choose for convenience."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T14:00:52.669Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/36906771-bebf-4cb7-aef1-5a96be5f775b"}