Most do-it-yourselfers perform death-defying acts without a net. When working from a ladder, you should take precautions to keep safe. Here are a few tricks: Before you climb on that first step, ...

That’s the question posed by Mike Van Bree, a safety expert with the American Ladder Institute, adding that he has the answer. “People look at the instructions and think they already know what they ...

Let’s talk about safety: On average, about 220,000 people make emergency-room visits each year because of accidents involving ladders. More than 87,000 people are treated annually in emergency rooms ...

The Best Way to Use a Ladder 01:24 Every year thousands of people are injured in ladder-related accidents. Consumer Reports' experts give step-by-step instructions on how to safely use a ladder.

You are assigned to work the ladder, and while you are checking out the truck, you are dispatched for a house fire. It’s in a poorer neighborhood that’s filled with old housing stock. When your ...

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 ...