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Think about the products you use every day. How many of those products are exactly the same as they were when your grandfather was using them? I bet you can’t name very many. Some of the very basic ones like a knife and fork or a needle haven’t changed, but most have. How many TV channels were there when you were a kid? What did your phone look like? Believe it or not, our phone was stuck to the wall and you had to turn a dial around for each number. How about your family car? Did it have seat...

In Ontario Canada last month, a man installing drywall fell from his ladder. He was alone in the room at the time, so the paramedics could not say for sure what caused the accident. Due to the fall, the man had a fractured shoulder. He was unconscious when he fell, and, when he regained consciousness, he showed signs of a concussion. Based on his injuries, the paramedic who reported to the scene estimated his fall to be from eight to ten feet. What can we learn from this accident? Since the details of the accident are a little unclear, it...

Construction and Industrial Safety Professionals Embrace New Ladder Made to Prevent Injuries and Save Lives Springville, Utah, September 28, 2015 – Little Giant Ladder Systems®, the industry leader in ladder safety innovations, unveiled today at the National Safety Council Congress & Expo the SafeFrame® stepladder that prevents users from standing on the top rung or top cap and trains them to avoid missing the bottom rung.  Working in partnership with construction and industrial safety professionals throughout the nation, Little Giant developed the new patent-pending SafeFrame ladder to solve the most serious safety issues with ordinary, traditional stepladders. View the Little...

In my safety presentation I use a lot of pictures of people doing crazy things on their ladders. Often people in my classes send me pictures of ladder misuse that they have on their computers. So far this year, I have received some crazy ones. I’m going to try and put them in categories so they will fit with the safety message but some of them are beyond comment.   When choosing the right ladder for the job I always tell people that choosing to go get a ladder is the first choice you have to make. I know that...

PREVENTING INJURIES,SAVING LIVES Little Giant Ladder Systems is the safety and innovation leader in climbing systems and professional access equipment because it has partnered with safety professionals all over the country to develop real solutions to real safety problems.