Technical Bulletin 2017-2SIS – Slip Resistance Testing & Research Project

The WSRCA's Self-Adhering Underlayment Slip-Resistance Research and Testing Project has performed slip-resistance testing of numerous steep-slope roofing underlayments.

Steep‐slope roofing safety requirements and regulations continue to evolve and have become more stringent in an effort to provide safe working conditions. Agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) strive to regulate exposure to hazards through the development of workplace health and safety standards. Steep‐slope roof environments can pose numerous challenges and work on steep‐slope roofs has become more and more scrutinized as governmental regulations have been tightened.

Our roofing industry is well aware of the challenges with maintaining safe working environments, and in our on‐going work with WSRCA’s Self‐Adhering Underlayment Slip‐Resistance Research and Testing Project, we have performed slip‐resistance testing of numerous steep‐slope roofing underlayments. This research and testing project was initiated in response to ASTM’s removal of slip‐resistance criteria from ASTM D-1970, the standard for Self‐Adhering Polymer Modified Bituminous Sheet Materials Used as Steep Roofing Underlayment for Ice Dam Protection.

WSRCA’s Steep, Industry Issues, and Safety Committees’ preliminary test data confirms, in our opinion, that the value and importance of this testing project, with the goal of reintroducing slip‐resistance criteria back into ASTM D‐1970 Standard, as well as other underlayment material standards, simply is a matter of worker safety.

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WSRCA Steep-Slope, Industry Issues & Safety Committees Stan Robinson - Chairman: Steep-Slope,  Chris Sprick - Vice Chairman: Steep-Slope, Sprick Roofing Company Don Fry - Fry Roofing, Inc. Everett Martin - Empire Roofing, Inc. Steve Nash - Waterproofing Associates Mike Tory - Tory's Roofing & Waterproofing Steve Reardon - Chairman: Industry Issues, Enterprise Roofing Chris Sprick - Vice Chairman: Industry Issues, Sprick Roofing Company Bruce Radenbaugh - Bilt-Well Roofing & Solar Mike Wakerling - General Roofing Company Chuck Chapman - Tecta America Arizona George Madsen - Madsen Roofing Company, Inc. Tracey Prociw - Chairman: Safety, Rainier View Roofing & Construction Leo Ibarra - Vice Chairman: Safety, Blue's Roofing Company Darin Douglas - Lowe Roofing, Inc. Tom Asbury - Summit Roofing Services Rod Menzel - GreatWay Roofing, Inc. Kris Hitesman - Capitol Roofing Service Jim Carlson - WSRCA Technical Advisor, Building Envelope Technology & Research Steven Elliott - Assistant Technical Advisor, BET-R

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