By Terri Jo Umlor, Vice President
Traverse City Michigan sunrises are beautiful in autumn. The sun sparkles off frosted rooftops. As beautiful as this is, it poses a safety hazard for our industrial roof installation crews. Rapidly falling afternoon temperatures can bring on extremely slippery and dangerous rooftop conditions
Hints and Tips for fighting rooftop frost
- Watch the weather forecast – be on guard for rapidly falling temperatures – – -A warm sunny, dry rooftop can rapidly change into a slippery mess as the temperature falls
- Don’t bite off more than you can chew – For larger projects, you may need to complete the tear off and recover in smaller segments than you would do during summer
- As always, use proper fall prevention measures – WEAR your harnesses and attached to life lines and anchors
- Talk about this danger with your crew leaders and be sure everyone is informed and conscientious of this danger.
Let’s be safely off the roof when Jack Frost visits!