2013 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 23 - Labor
§ 23-492.02 Residential construction fall protection

23-492.02. Residential construction fall protection

A. Each employee who is engaged in residential construction activities fifteen feet or more above lower levels shall be protected by personal fall protection systems, unless otherwise provided in this article. If the employer demonstrates that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems, the employer shall develop and implement a fall protection plan that meets the requirements of section 23-492.07.

B. If the work is of short duration and nonrepetitive and is of limited exposure and the hazards involved in rigging and installing the safety devices required by this article equals or exceeds the hazards involved in the actual construction, these provisions may be temporarily suspended if adequate risk control is recognized and maintained under immediate, competent supervision.

C. No building structure, or part thereof, or any temporary support or scaffolding in connection therewith shall be subjected to any load beyond its design load strength, unless the employer determines, based on information received from a qualified person who is experienced in structural design, that the structure or portion of the structure is capable of safely supporting the load. For the purpose of this subsection, " design load strength" means the load bearing capacity of a structural member computed on the basis of the allowable stress that is assumed in the design.