You Own the Building — Here’s the Half of ‘Trained & Certified’ You Can’t Delegate

priority_high The duty that travels with the deed

Owners often assume the contractor ‘handles safety.’ Half right. The contractor is responsible for training their workers (§1926.454, §1910.66 App C for powered platforms). But OSHA §1910.27(b) puts a duty squarely on the building owner: before any rope-descent work, the owner must inform the employer in writing that each anchorage has been identified, tested and maintained to hold 5,000 pounds per attached worker — based on an annual inspection and a load test at least every ten years. No writing, no compliant work — even with a perfectly trained crew. And this duty can’t be delegated to the vendor: it travels with the deed.

fact_check What the owner’s file must hold

school Putting it on autopilot

La Gala maintains all of it as one program: annual qualified-person inspections, ten-year PE-certified load tests (immediately after any re-roof), the written contractor notices, and certified operator and crew training coordinated through an independent qualified trainer. The owner’s duty, handled — documented, on schedule, defensible.