One thing no one ever mentions about ladders. Never leave anything on top of step ladders. When I was a new mechanic 20 years ago. I moved a 10 ft ladder and a huge pulley fell and hit my head. I had a minor Concussion. After that I always shake any ladder before I move it.
Thanks Mike, that's a good one. Some of the new step ladders encourage workers to leave items on the top by providing tool holes & trays on the top step. IMHO it would be safer to hang a tool bag over the top step, less likely to fall and it can be seen from the ground.
AWESOME information for my fear of climbing a ladder. After the 3rd step, I get dizzy. I have a fear of ladders, so I have been very careful climbing ladders. Thank you OSHA>
Great ladder safety video! Carrying heavy a ladder and supplies does cumulative damage to the body, just ask any retired trades worker. Save your body, use a ladder mover to easily and safely carry your heavy ladders, tools, and supplies.
This is why I always have a second person with me when I’m on a ladder so if they see me start using it wrong, they can fix it and they can hold it for support Melanie.S
Most deaths or paralysis occur getting 6' step ladders as the break point is between the second and third vertebrae where the average neck line contacts the ground If you're going to fall, jump of vertically they say, then you land in your feet, hit your knees then with elbows protecting your head you roll into a ball then roll and turn impact force into kinetic rolling energy, but better off being tied off on a life line, it simple anchor bracket and rope, takes 5 minutes, Say you have a roof tie down anchor 25' from where you're working at a roof edge, it's 65' from the ground, 70' from the bottom of the elevator shaft, hook your rope around a roof truss right where you're working, so maybe an 8' straight fall would occur if you fell off a wall, however, if you didn't wrap your rope around a close framing member you might be in for a 20 foot fall at the point of drop in only to swing 15' back into a block wall and then your 6' lanyard, so, a 170 lb guy falls, he's at the end of his rope perspective to his fall location, but the anchor point is 25 feet back, he falls for 20 feet in a swing and smashes full velocity 15 feet away into a cmu wall, nominally, but the lanyard or rope with a built in lanyard system (which should then be only connected to your harness D ring and not your 6 foot lanyard) unleashes, so then a 20' swing drop becomes 26 feet of properly connected, or, if improperly connected becomes 6' on the rope with built in fall arrest plus the 20' of rope plus the additional 6' lanyard you're talking s 15' lateral positional fall at the drop point away from Anchorage, and a 32' drop to take you smashing into a concrete stair it elevator shaft, this needs to be reintegrated in OSHA cottages around the globe. It's sometimes impractical to move an anchor every ten minutes, but wrapping your rope around a close framing member plumb up from where you're working might be in order
Hello Judy, check out our online course on ladder safety! We offer a certificate of completion once you've passed the quiz: osha.oregon.gov/edu/courses/Pages/portable-ladder-safety-online-course.aspx
Falls are the leading cause of UNintentional injury....then what's the leading cause of INTENTIONAL injury ? Damn media talking empty heads....as usual
