National Ladder Safety Month – March 2021 Posted on February 19, 2021 by Travis Stone National Ladder Safety Month It is imperative that we all continue to place serious and effective focus on ladder safety. 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 Werner Company
