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 ...

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Ask anyone what danger you face when using a ladder, and the likely answer will have to do with falling off the ladder. True, that is a danger. But it’s not the only one. Let’s look at some others.

That’s the question posed by Mike Van Bree, a safety expert with the American Ladder Institute, adding that he has the answer. “People look at the instructions and think they already know what they ...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to upgrade and improve upon existing mounted RV ladders," said an inventor, from Sun City Center, Fla., "so I invented the RV ...

Using a ladder may seem pretty straightforward but these useful tools are actually far more dangerous than you might think.

Always set your ladder on a solid, level surface. For a stepladder, make sure the spreader locks are fully extended and ...

When it comes to safety, either on the job, in the home or on the go, it isn’t something to take lightly. The same is true for ladder safety, which is why in the month of March, the American Ladder ...

Every household in America probably has a ladder in it, maybe it's a step stool or a ladder that extends eight feet or more into the air. Either way, there is a right and there is a wrong way to use ...