It's National Ladder Safety Month! Listen in as Editor Sydny Shepard discusses how to properly and safely choose, set up and ascend a ladder. Because falls are the leading cause of work-related ...
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 ...
The American Ladder Institute (ALI) leads National Ladder Safety Month this March, raising awareness on proper ladder use to prevent workplace injuries and accidents. Ladders may not fit in a toolbox, ...
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 ...
Purchase the right ladder and use it safely, and you just might use it all season long without any broken bones. Never mount a ladder until you determine that it is sturdy and secure. There are three ...
Ladders are such a commonplace item around the jobsite and in the home that we probably don't give their use much thought. Put it up, climb up, do your job, then climb down. However, improper use of ...
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March is National Ladder Safety Month, a time to focus attention on the critical topic of ladder safety. A ladder-related fatality happens nearly every day in the U.S., ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Ladder accidents cause serious injuries ...
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 ...
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March is National Ladder Safety Month, and that means experts from all over the country are weighing in on proper ladder use at work and at home. Of the more than 500,000 people treated for ladder ...