Telescoping ladders are portable and versatile, but are they all they’re cracked up to be? Find out how today’s most popular ...
Employers may get a reprieve from a deadline that will require them to install additional safety systems on certain ladders on their worksites within 10 years. A new ...
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 ...
March is National Ladder Safety Month. It’s a good time for a reminder about some common mistakes that can lead to ladder-related injuries. Here are 10 of them. In certain cases, it might be best to ...
Each year, ladder safety makes it near the top of the most cited type of OSHA violations, so it gets a lot of attention. The OSHA regulations are located in 29CFR.1926.1050, which is also Subpart X.
This Monday, April 6, 206, OSHA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to eliminate a compliance deadline to install personal fall arrest/ladder safety systems on fixed ladders over 24 feet tall (i.e.
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 ...
Responding is Dave Francis, national safety director, Little Giant Ladder Systems, Springville, UT. One of the biggest trends in the ladder industry has been the introduction of the leaning stepladder ...