OSHA fall safety at roof smoke hatches?

[Yikes]

I have a reroofing project for a vehicle maintenance shop, where the original designer provided a number of metal smoke hatches, separately has some fixed plastic dome skylights. The owner has asked for (post-construction) fall protection to be provided at openings, to the extent required by building code and Cal-OSHA.

The skylights are easy to retrofit with metal bars. (Pop off the skylight, put the bar assembly on the curb, reinstall the skylight.)
However, I don't think it's so easy to retrofit bars onto an operable hatch. for example, Bilco installs them at the factory on the underside of the hatch.

Question: do you think the code or OSHA requires roof fall protection at roof smoke hatches that only open up during a fire emergency?

 

[e hilton]

I don’t know about osha, but i bet the fire dept wants them. Think about this: building on fire, firemen on the roof, lots of smoke and confusion ...and a couple of hatches popped open.

 

[steveray]

At least your FD guys don't have to worry about snow on those roofs/ skylights....