Abstract: A safety rail system is provided at the edge of a pitched roof under construction or undergoing repair maintenance to afford protection against a roof worker falling off the roof. The system includes multiple, spaced apart rail support assemblies, each of which resides over a respective joist and provides means for receiving and supporting end-lapped safety planks. Each support assembly is detachably secured in place by a J-hook structure that is inserted into the gap between adjacent courses of roof sheet overlay and lockingly engages the underlying joist.

Abstract: A J-hook roof anchoring and securement assembly, which is easily set-up and taken down, includes a rope tie-off attachment point. The J-hook securement assembly also includes a hanging scaffold attachment apparatus to provide an attachment point for a hanging scaffold system. The hanging scaffold system includes a vertical support post attached to platform base and having walk boards provided thereon. A vertical safety rail post contains angled brackets that mate with top and bottom portions of the walk boards. A securing rod is attached at one end to the safety rail post, is threaded through the walk boards, and is secured at a second end. The walk boards are held in clamping contact with the vertical support post by the use of the securing rod.