NATIONAL LADDER SAFETY MONTH – MARCH 2024

We all must continue to place serious and effective focus on ladder safety.

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Unsafe Behaviors Causing Accidents and Injuries:

• Improper type of ladder used; improper class of ladder used.
• Ladder is too short for work task.
• Damaged or altered ladder used.
• Rails, rungs, spreaders, or feet of ladder damaged.
• Overloaded ladder; person, tools, or materials.
• Unstable ladder; position of feet, uneven ground.
• Slippery footing; grease, oil, ice, rain, mud, sand, etc.
• No three-point contact used; (two feet and one hand or two hands and one foot).
• Unsecured ladder tip: no tie-off used, improper angle.
• Awkward work; holding tools or materials.
• Leaning, reaching, or stretching outside center alignment of rails.
• Sitting or standing astride top of ladder.
• Standing on top of ladder or top rung of ladder.
• Twisting, standing sideways, jumping off.
• Missing the last step while coming down the ladder.
• Loss of attention to tasks: talking, phones, smoking or eating.

Make ladder safety a priority of your company safety culture

Great sources for ladder safety information and training:

• Ladder Safety Month
• OSHA Education Center
• SAIF