EXTENSION LADDERS

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EXTENSION LADDERS
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Overview

• Injury Statistics
• Hazards
• Using a Ladder
• Safety Tips
• Key OSHA Regulations

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Injury Statistics

• More than 547,000 people treated in Emergency
  Rooms, Doctors offices, clinics, and other
  medical setting in 2004
  
• Most injuries are cuts, bruises, and fracture
  bones
  

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Hazards

• Fall from ladders
• Struck by falling ladders
• Struck by materials falling from ladders

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Hazards

• Tripping over ladders (erect or lying on floor)
• Striking persons or objects when carrying ladders
  
  
• Contact with electrical equipment

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Using A Ladder

• Always inspect a ladder before using it
• NEVER use a damaged, broken, or bent ladder

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Setting Up a Ladder

• Step 1 Lay ladder flat on ground with feet
  butted up against wall
  
• Step 2 Lift ladders top while pushing forward
  to maintain pressure against wall

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• Step 3 Lift ladder overhead. With hands
  extending ladder to highest point of reach, work
  hand over hand pushing ladder toward building

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• Step 4 Now you are ready to rest ladder against
  building
  

• Step 5 Lift ladders base and move slowly away
  from building

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• Step 6 Extend ladder using ladders rope and
  pulley system while stabilizing ladder with your
  foot on ladders bottom rung
  
• Ladder should be fully vertical
• Lower ladder to rests against building

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Safety Tips

• Do not stand above highest on top 3 rungs
• Do no extend the center of your bodys torso past
  either side rail of ladder
  
• Keep at least 3 points of contact when working

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More Safety Tips

• Face ladder when ascending and descending
• Do not carry tools in hand
• Wear proper footwear with non-slip soles
• Never leave erected ladder unattended

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Recommended Height of a Ladder
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Key OSHA Regulations

• Side rails shall extend at least 3 ft above upper
  landing
  
• Bottom of ladder should be 1 foot away from wall
  for every 4 feet the ladder rises
  

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