Employers should make sure workers are adequately trained on the OSHA Ladders standard (1926.1053). ... (1910.212) and ensure that guard use does not create its own safety hazards.

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Page 2 of 2. Ladders—A Need for Change. Mar 01, 2018; Think about the products you use every day. How many of those products are exactly the same as they were when your grandfather used them?

Contractors, take note: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is currently stepping up its vigilance with new regulations and a new national safety campaign to prevent jobsite falls ...

Guard All Openings. ... Fixed ladders that are 20 feet or higher must also include a fall protection device such as a cage, well, or other ladder safety device. When fixed ladders are used to climb ...

Citations for ladder safety violations were No. 3 on OSHA’s list of most cited for 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021, having risen from No. 5 in 2020 and No. 6 in 2019. OSHA’s ladder safety requirements are ...

Last winter, during the construction of an affordable housing project on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, a 32-year-old ...

Ladder Safety. Purpose and Scope. Bates College has developed Ladder Safety Guidelines to safeguard employees that perform work with portable ladders. These guidelines are intended to prevent ...