Thursday, 21 December 2023

Open Window

 

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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