March 2020 is National Ladder Safety Month, and Werner Ladder is helping sponsoring it. Every year over 100 people die in ladder-related accidents, and thousands suffer disabling injuries. Participate ...

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 ...

Ladder injuries are one element of sweat equity you may not hear about on home-improvement shows. While human error may explain some of the roughly 175,000 emergency ...

Consensus among safety professionals is that the primary cause of ladder injuries is lack of training on their use. “Helping people get home safely is why we come to work each day,” said Ryan Moss, ...

Every year, over 300 people die in ladder-related accidents, and thousands suffer disabling injuries. The impact from sprains and strains, broken bones and other more serious disabling conditions ...

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Most folks use ladders in their day-to-day lives, either professionally or personally. That's why training on safe ladder usage so important—and so difficult, says Mike Van Bree, president of the ...

Citations for ladder safety violations were No. 3 on OSHA’s list of most cited for 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021, having risen from No. 5 in 2020 and No. 6 in 2019. OSHA’s ladder safety requirements are ...

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.

St. Paul, MN, Dec. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The worksite safety leaders at Ergodyne call it the "work before the work"—hauling ladders, steadying beams and muscling heavy gear before the “real job ...

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Falls from ladders are one of the most common, yet preventable, work-related injuries. Years ago, working in ceiling spaces usually meant working with fluorescent fixtures and maybe a public-address ...