Maybe I should have posted this a month ago. If you hang holiday
lights on your house, you probably did a few weeks back. But you’ll be taking them
down again in a week or two, and there are dozens of other household tasks that
require ladders, so you may want to pay attention. Each year, 150,000 people
are injured or killed in ladder-related accidents. 43% of the fatal falls in
the last decade involved ladders. Most could have been avoided by observing
basic ladder safety rules:
Ascend and descend facing the ladder, maintaining 3-point contact with
the rungs.
Stay near the middle of the ladder; never stand on or near the
top.
Only place the ladder on a stable, level surface that isn’t
slippery.
Never lean out beyond the ladder’s side rails.
Don’t put heavy equipment on or near the ladder top.
Dispose of broken or damaged ladders.
Always use your ladder in the way it was intended.
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