The American Ladder Institute (ALI) is intent on making sure that National Ladder Safety Month turns into a year-long practice. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ladder deaths ...

Earlier this month, we addressed factors to consider when selecting the right ladder for the job. Now, we’ll cover how to safely use it. Before you start your journey up the ladder, there are a few ...

Using a ladder may seem pretty straightforward but these useful tools are actually far more dangerous than you might think.

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 ...

Every year more than 100 people die in ladder-related accidents, and thousands suffer disabling injuries, according to the American Ladder Institute. Every time you climb a ladder, you risk becoming ...

Kilgore firefighters guiding the hands-on drills for their new ladder/platform truck in 2009 knew the operations manual told them to wear safety belts that could have saved two from a fatal fall, ...

Don‘t brush off ladder safety rules because you‘ve used ladders all your life. You may learn a thing or two. How many times have you used an oil drum, a bucket, a box, or a chair to step on because a ...

To carry a ladder safely, carry it at the midpoint over one shoulder, with the front end slightly elevated. If you want to pick fruit, trim branches, paint a ceiling, build a pergola, hang a birdhouse ...