Ladders are a common sight in New York City, whether on bustling construction sites, in residential buildings, or among commercial maintenance crews. With the city’s dense infrastructure and high-rise ...

Everyone has climbed a ladder, right? At home or at work. Of all possible dangerous tasks, climbing a ladder is the most common. And it is risky. Approximately 164,000 emergency room visits occur ...

If you open 29CFR 1926 and turn to Subpart X, you will see the second subpart is 1926.1051. This provides the general requirements for stairways and ladders. It lists two main ones, with the first one ...

Most folks use ladders in their day-to-day lives, either professionally or personally. That's why training on safe ladder usage so important—and so difficult, says Mike Van Bree, president of the ...

Ladder producer Werner said Thursday that it is recalling more than 100,000 faulty units due to a locking mechanism that can fail, potentially causing users to fall and injure themselves. In ...

Peter Wood had been cleaning windows on the second storey of his home when the extension ladder he was using gave way and he tumbled more than three metres, landing on his back. The 70-year-old ...

Werner on Thursday said it is recalling more than 100,000 faulty ladders due to a locking mechanism that can fail, potentially causing users to fall and injure themselves. In cooperation with federal ...