When it comes to using ladders on the fireground, there seems to be a lot of information in fire service textbooks that doesn’t really correspond to how we actually use ladders. On our truck company, ...

Getting to a higher level in a workplace often means using a ladder. However ladders, if used incorrectly, become the reason for many fatalities and injuries. Worksites clearly struggle with ...

Q-I will be using an extension ladder to paint the outside of my house. My wife is worried about safety. How does one determine the best angle for safe climbing? A-After extending the ladder to the ...

Don‘t brush off ladder safety rules because you‘ve used ladders all your life. You may learn a thing or two. How many times have you used an oil drum, a bucket, a box, or a chair to step on because a ...

AUSTIN, TX, November 14, 2017 — Ladder Light, a company committed to improving safety for firefighters and victims, today announced LadderLight, the industry’s first lighted end-caps for ground ...

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.

We recently uncovered a statistic from the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors that in 2021 more than 164,000 emergency room visits and just over 300 deaths in the United States ...

The impact from sprains and strains, broken bones and other more serious disabling conditions resulting from falls from ladders reaches far beyond the injured worker's suffering. The direct ...

Ladder Light introduces smarter end caps to enable safer firefighters -- high intensity LED beacons that turn on automatically to show ladder location in dark or smoky conditions. AUSTIN, TX, November ...