Safe climbing requires ongoing vigilance. Here are five things to pay attention to before, during and after using a ladder.

New training videos, inspection technology, and distributor resources support safer climbing practices in March and ...

Most do-it-yourselfers perform death-defying acts without a net. When working from a ladder, you should take precautions to keep safe. Here are a few tricks: Before you climb on that first step, ...

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 ...

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.

Not long ago, I went up a ladder to repair my vigas — those wooden posts that stick out of the walls of my house. I really needed to go back down the ladder to move it another 3 feet so I could more ...

To carry a ladder safely, carry it at the midpoint over one shoulder, with the front end slightly elevated. If you want to pick fruit, trim branches, paint a ceiling, build a pergola, hang a birdhouse ...

The American Ladder Institute marks 10 years of its safety campaign with free turnkey resources and webinars for EHS managers. The American Ladder Institute is offering free online ladder safety ...

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 ...