Understanding ways to stay compliant and safe on a ladder is crucial to the safety of the employees using them. Ladders can be a very helpful tool on construction sites, but if not used properly, they ...

Consensus among safety professionals is that the primary cause of ladder injuries is lack of training on their use. “Helping people get home safely is why we come to work each day,” said Ryan Moss, ...

Before you carry a ladder to the point of work or load it onto the service truck, visually inspect it. Remove any slipping hazards such as mud on the rungs or grease on the rails. Look carefully for ...

Falls from portable ladders (step, straight, combination and extension) are one of the leading causes of workplace injuries and fatalities. Appropriate precautions can reduce the risk significantly.

Every year, over 300 people die in ladder-related accidents, and thousands suffer disabling injuries. The impact from sprains and strains, broken bones and other more serious disabling conditions ...

Ladder injuries are one element of sweat equity you may not hear about on home-improvement shows. While human error may explain some of the roughly 175,000 emergency ...

Ladder producer Werner said Thursday that it is recalling more than 100,000 faulty units due to a locking mechanism that can fail, potentially causing users to fall and injure themselves. In ...

This traditional means of working at height can be dangerous, but getting American workers to adopt safer powered access alternatives comes with challenges Go anywhere building work is being done and ...

Citations for ladder safety violations were No. 3 on OSHA’s list of most cited for 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021, having risen from No. 5 in 2020 and No. 6 in 2019. OSHA’s ladder safety requirements are ...

March 2020 is National Ladder Safety Month, and Werner Ladder is helping sponsoring it. Every year over 100 people die in ladder-related accidents, and thousands suffer disabling injuries. Participate ...