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 ...

If you open 29CFR 1926 and turn to Subpart X, you will see the fifth subpart is 1926.1060. This provides the training requirements for stairways and ladders. “Wait,” you might say. “My grandson is ...

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.

Ladders are essential tools on a variety of job sites, easy to obtain and simple to use. As fatal injury and rule violation data show, however, their safe use is hardly guaranteed. Help is now ...

OSHA’s ladder safety requirements are arguably the easiest to comply with. Yet failure here makes it near the top of OSHA’s “frequent flyer” list every year. Failure here is also responsible for a ...

Contractors, take note: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is currently stepping up its vigilance with new regulations and a new national safety campaign to prevent jobsite falls ...

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration recently revealed the 10 most-violated OSHA standards for the 2005 fiscal year. Those standards include Scaffolding (1926.451), Hazard Communication ...

Most folks use ladders in their day-to-day lives, either professionally or personally. That's why training on safe ladder usage so important—and so difficult, says Mike Van Bree, president of the ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s second annual “National Safety Stand-Down” to prevent falls in the construction industry has just concluded. The 2015 initiative, which began May 4 ...