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.

Bates College has developed Ladder Safety Guidelines to safeguard employees that perform work with portable ladders. These guidelines are intended to prevent ladder-related accidents and to promote ...

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 ...

OSHA’s ladder safety requirements are arguably the easiest to comply with. Yet failure here makes it near the top of OSHA’s “frequent flyer” list every year. Failure here is also responsible for a ...

Resources and training from American Ladder Institute help keep homeowners safe Cleveland, Ohio--(Newsfile Corp. - February 25, 2025) - Most every home has at least one ladder, sometimes even two, ...

OSHA recently published a long-anticipated final rule amending its existing Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) standards.[1] The rule, which applies to general industry, ...

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 ...

Understand OSHA’s ladder safety requirements under the Walking-Working Surfaces rule. The compliance date for training was 5/17/17, so make sure you get the training you need to comply. Our program is ...

In the quest for safer workplaces, one change is steadily gaining momentum: the transition from ladders to stairs. From warehouses to construction sites, businesses are beginning to recognize the long ...