Safe climbing requires ongoing vigilance. Here are five things to pay attention to before, during and after using a ladder.
Ladder accidents make funny content on TicTok, but in real life, these kinds of mishaps cause serious injury and cost the U.S ...
You probably think of a ladder as one of the simplest tools you own, but the angle you choose when you lean it against a wall quietly decides how risky every climb will be. Too steep or too shallow, ...
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 ...
Before you ever climb, select the appropriate ladder for the job based on style, material of construction, material weight, size, and duty rating. First, you have to know whether or not the work can ...
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 ...
The invention of ladders has been traced back at least 10,000 years, to a primitive cave painting in Spain. The ladder is a tool of man – so basic in nature – that it most likely took shape along with ...