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 ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- The Target Zero monthly safety focus topic at the depot for June is fall prevention and ladders. The two subjects go hand in hand, as the proper use and maintenance of a ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Ladder safety at Anniston Army Depot is the responsibility of every employee who comes into contact with them -- from the supervisor or designated safety monitor, who ...

This is the final part of a 12-part series on ladder safety tips. Today’s contractor-grade ladders are well-designed and sturdily built, so it’s not that product defects are causing so many people to ...

Springtime is prime time for projects around the house, and some of them involve the use of a ladder of one kind or another.But as any do-it-yourselfer can tell you, a lapse in basic ladder safety ...

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 ...

Falls from portable ladders (step, straight, combination, and extension) are one of the leading causes of occupational injuries and fatalities. The following are some quick tips from the Occupational ...

The American Ladder Institute, a not-for-profit association of ladder industry leaders dedicated to promoting safe ladder use, has declared March 2017 as National Ladder Safety Month. EHS Today sat ...

Why focus on ladder safety? Because every year over 100 people die from ladder-related accidents and thousands more are injured. And most of these accidents are preventable. The goals of ladder safety ...

Every household in America probably has a ladder in it, maybe it's a step stool or a ladder that extends eight feet or more into the air. Either way, there is a right and there is a wrong way to use ...