Learning how to use a ladder safely can keep you out of harm's way or even save your life whether you're painting your house or cleaning your gutters. If you'll be up on your roof, follow our advice ...

A ladder in good condition will easily hold your weight and a lot more. If a ladder is dented, bent, cracked, or split, you don’t know how much weight it will hold. That's why it is so important to ...

WASHINGTON (NBC Washington) – Seven D.C. Fire ladder trucks failed inspection and have been removed from service, News4’s Mark Segraves reported. Ten of the 17 ladder trucks inspected passed and will ...

Seven D.C. Fire ladder trucks failed inspection and have been removed from service, News4's Mark Segraves reported. Ten of the 17 ladder trucks inspected passed and will rotate duty to provide ...

Before you ever climb, select the appropriate ladder for the job based on style, material of construction, material weight, size, and duty rating. First, you have to know whether or not the work can ...

Using a ladder may seem pretty straightforward but these useful tools are actually far more dangerous than you might think.

Bates College has developed Ladder Safety Guidelines to safeguard employees that perform work with portable ladders. These guidelines are intended to prevent ladder-related accidents and to promote ...

Seven of the ladder trucks in the D.C. fire department’s fleet have failed inspection and have been taken out of service. In a statement issued Sunday night the department said seven of 17 ladder ...

A ladder in good condition will easily hold your weight and a lot more. If a ladder is dented, bent, cracked, or split, you don’t know how much weight it will hold. That's why it is so important to ...