Ladders are essential tools on a variety of job sites, easy to obtain and simple to use. As fatal injury and rule violation data show, however, their safe use is hardly guaranteed. Help is now ...

Ladder manufacturers collaborate with the American Ladder Institute to offer safety training resources and educational tools to help prevent accidents. More than 2,000 people per day are injured ...

The American Ladder Institute (ALI) leads National Ladder Safety Month this March, raising awareness on proper ladder use to prevent workplace injuries and accidents. Ladders may not fit in a toolbox, ...

BlueVolt, an e-learning solutions company, has implemented its e-Learning platform for WernerCo to educate its distributors about selecting and safely using the company’s products. “We began investing ...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ladder deaths accounted for 161 on-the-job fatalities in 2020, the most recent year for which statistics are available. That same year, there were ...

March is National Ladder Safety Month and it is time to start thinking about training yourself or your company. March is right around the corner and that's the best time to get more training on ladder ...

To reach more Career and Technical Education (CTE) students, Frederick County Public Schools is planning to convert a box trailer into a Mobile Safety Lab, using a state grant. The lab will help ...

What do you do about a problem that is never going away? I think you have to design around it. As I travel around the country speaking about ladder safety, I have the opportunity to meet with groups ...

Contractors, take note: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is currently stepping up its vigilance with new regulations and a new national safety campaign to prevent jobsite falls ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 mandates that every employer provide a hazard-free working environment but doesn't specifically mention employee training as a requirement. It does, ...

If you open 29CFR 1926 and turn to Subpart X, you will see the fifth subpart is 1926.1060. This provides the training requirements for stairways and ladders. “Wait,” you might say. “My grandson is ...