Bates College has developed Ladder Safety Guidelines to safeguard employees that perform work with portable ladders. These guidelines are intended to prevent ladder-related accidents and to promote ...

A canon of ladder safety is to avoid using ladders on unstable surfaces. But when you have to do so, make that surface as stable as you can. A commonly cited example is using a ladder in an outdoor ...

Safe climbing requires ongoing vigilance. Here are five things to pay attention to before, during and after using a ladder.

New training videos, inspection technology, and distributor resources support safer climbing practices in March and ...

Did you know that more than 22,000 people across the U.S. are injured while using ladders each year? And, unfortunately, 161 people suffered a fatal injury from a ladder in 2020. According to the U.S.

If your focus is on avoiding OSHA citations, then avoiding citations is what you’ll do. You’ll figure out what you can get by with, but you won’t necessarily prevent John from falling and breaking his ...

That’s the question posed by Mike Van Bree, a safety expert with the American Ladder Institute, adding that he has the answer. “People look at the instructions and think they already know what they ...

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. - Fall is the time for yard cleanups and readying homes for the winter ahead. Use extra caution when climbing ladders for jobs such as cleaning gutters or hanging holiday ...