Every Step Matters: National Ladder Safety Month in March
Every year over 300 people in the Unites States alone die in ladder-related accidents, and thousands suffer disabling injuries. This month the American Ladder Institute (ALI) in celebrating its first-ever National Ladder Safety Month, designed to raise awareness of ladder safety and to decrease the number of ladder-related injuries and fatalities.
What is National Ladder Safety Month?
National Ladder Safety Month is the only movement dedicated exclusively to the promotion of ladder safety, at home and at work. During March 2017, National Ladder Safety Month brings heightened awareness to the importance of the safe use of ladders through resources, training and a national dialogue.
ALI, the only approved developer of safety standards for the U.S. ladder industry, is the presenting sponsor for National Ladder Safety Month.
There will be different areas of focus through the month: Why Ladder Safety and How It Affects Everyone, Ladder Safety at Work, Ladder Safety at Home, Ladder Inspection and Disposal
Accidents are preventable, but without better safety planning and training and continuous innovation in product design, we will continue to see far too many fatalities.
The goals of National Ladder Safety Month are to:
◦Increase the number of ladder safety training certificates issued by ALI
◦Increase the frequency that ladder safety training modules are viewed on www.laddersafetytraining.org
◦Lower the rankings of ladder-related safety citations on OSHA’s yearly “Top 10 Citations List”
◦Decrease number of ladder-related injuries and fatalities
◦Increase the number of competent ladder inspector trainings
◦Increase the number of companies and individuals that inspect and properly dispose of old, damaged or obsolete ladders
https://www.laddersafetytraining.org/
