Reminds me of a chat I just had with the safety guy. When people are working in the field independently, you can give them all the training and tools to be compliant with OSHA but you can't realistically make them do it.
I also have never seen people tied off on a residential roof. I could assume a lot of things about why, and I'd start with lower stakes, lower ability to pay fines, and lower chance of anyone reporting them. I wonder if Dish Network's "chargeback" system forces their hand. When they charge the installer for using the wrong color grommet, they've documented that someone went out and saw the dish that must have been installed by Batman. Seems like they've created the evidence OSHA could use against them, so they'd better do something about it. ------------------------------ *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof < [email protected]> *Sent:* Monday, July 6, 2026 12:08 PM *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink installs and OSHA rules I’ve never seen anyone actually doing that. Maybe on a commercial building. For that matter, I’ve never seen roofers tied off at a residential job. Maybe in that case they send ICE not OSHA. Or feed the dead body to the pigs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xUynRdzzsM *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *[email protected] *Sent:* Monday, July 6, 2026 10:19 AM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Starlink installs and OSHA rules Years ago, I gave the installers long ropes and throwing weights to toss over the roofs. On one side they were to be tied off to an anchor of some sort, truck bumper, screwed in ground anchor. Then they were to clip into a sliding fall arrestor and tie the rope to the top of the ladder. It did give 100% tie off but none of them wanted to use it and I didn't push it. ------------------------------ *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof < [email protected]> *Sent:* Monday, July 6, 2026 8:02 AM *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Starlink installs and OSHA rules In the fixed wireless business, we’ve all tended to ignore rules about fall protection, with installers up on roofs without 100% tie off. Quite awhile ago, many sat TV installers edicted that all roof installs must be done from the ladder, which is often possible if you’re shooting at the sky. No going up on the roof. (Or maybe don’t tell the boss if you do?) The theory was that with Starlink you’d just set it up on your deck, no ladder required. But most of the installs I see are at the peak of the roof, not sure how many of them can be done while standing on a ladder. And it’s hard to tell how many were DIY installs vs “professional installation”. Now that DISH is doing the installs for Starlink, and given they were the ones telling installers not to go up on the roof, I wonder if that’s how they’re doing Starlink installs as well. J-arm on the soffit seems to be a popular mounting method.
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