Set and correctly attribute weather/wind stand-down thresholds for a suspended rope-descent window-cleaning job

domain: rds-weather-wind-standdown · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Establish job-specific wind and weather stand-down criteria before work begins, since OSHA's RDS rule does not itself specify a numeric wind-speed limit
  2. Where a specific wind-speed or weather threshold is used, confirm whether it originates from ANSI/IWCA I-14.1 guidance, a company or contractor safe-work-practice document, or the equipment manufacturer, and cite that source accurately rather than attributing it to OSHA
  3. Absent a specific numeric standard, apply OSHA's General Duty Clause obligation to address a recognized hazard (unsafe wind/weather conditions) through a documented site-specific determination
  4. Assign a designated person authority to halt work and lower personnel when conditions exceed the established threshold
  5. Document weather monitoring and stand-down decisions for each shift

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