KeeGuard Contractor

Galvanized, optional Safety Yellow - Free Standing Non-Penetrating Rooftop Guardrail Systems

Portable Guardrail Systems with counter weight bases for Construction or Permanent Installations on flat roofs where time and costs are important. 2 workers can typically install 400 feet of the contractor series guardrail in the morning.

Base price on complete systems from $2398.00

Protects contractors and employees form fall hazards; Rooftop guardrails can be located completely around a roof perimeter edge or just a round specific fall hazard locations like, skylights, mechanical equipment, they are required in Ontario specifically under some acts:

HVAC units TSSA Ref. No.: FS-151-09 Six Foot Clearance between Roof Edge and Gas - Fired Appliances

Elevator Mechanics TSSA Act 2000 Amendment 261-13r1 - 2.12 Passage Across Roofs (231/08) 2.12.1 In addition to O.Reg 209/01, s.37, if passage across a roof is required for access to elevating device equipment

New & Innovative

KeeGuard Contractor offers a new and innovative approach to portable railing systems. Since the system is free standing, there is no need for any hardware connections to the rooftop or working surface. KeeGuard Contractor meets all OSHA Standards for permanent railings, including OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1926.500. Ontario MOL Reg. 213/91 for construction projects, MOL Reg. 851 for industrial establishments, OBC Ontario building code 2006, NBC code 2005.

2006 OBC: 4.1.5.15. Loads on Guards

(1) The minimum specified horizontal load applied inward or outward at the top of every required guard shall be,

(a) 3.0 kN/m for means of egress in grandstands, stadia, bleachers and arenas,

(b) a concentrated load of 1.0 kN applied at any point for access ways to equipment platforms, contiguous stairs and similar areas where the gathering of many people is improbable, and

(c) 0.75 kN/m or a concentrated load of 1.0 kN applied at any point, whichever governs for locations other than those described in Clauses (a) and (b).

(2) Individual elements within the guard, including solid panels and pickets, shall be designed for a load of 0.5 kN applied over an area of 100 mm by 100 mm located at any point in the element or elements so as to produce the most critical effect.

(3) The loads required in Sentence (2) need not be considered to act simultaneously with the loads provided for in Sentences (1) and (4).

(4) The minimum specified load applied vertically at the top of every required guard shall be 1.5 kN/m and need not be considered to act simultaneously with the horizontal load provided for in Sentence (1).

(5) For loads on handrails, refer to Sentence 3.4.6.4.(9).

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