Installing Roof Trusses Safely
Safely installing roof trusses roof trusses are the highest parts of a house frame and workers installing them can fall and be seriously injured or even killed.
Installing roof trusses safely. Once your working area is prepared and safe you re ready to crane in and brace the truss pack. For contractors it may be difficult to comply with osha requirement to use fall protection while. Level and nail fix both sides of the truss with a brace fixed to the structural timber on the adjacent table lift. Step 3 step 4.
Carry the truss to the opposite end of the roof. 1 truss construction usually occurs high above the ground and 2 trusses are not stable until they are properly restrained and braced. Crane lift the truss pack onto the wall plate. Screw fix a c16 stuctural grade timber 150mm x 50mm length to the face of the truss pack.
Bracing the truss pack. As a risk area for serious injury roof truss installation is right up there because truss construction occurs high above the ground and trusses are not stable until they have been properly braced and restrained. Align the truss to the marks you made on the wall plate. You can nail fix the truss into position using either method one opposite or method two below right.
Prepare the working area.