Insurance claims/heath and safety

[lindylou16]

So where do you stand on the use of ladders?.

[alexanderd]

take one rung at a time

[maclarencat]

At the bottom. You wouldn't get me up one it might be the wrong type.

[dotty.]

if you started work anywhere that there was the slightest possibility of you working at height and therefore using any kind of step ladder, you should have vbeen given the training at your induction. if you have signed the training log for that aspect of your companies H& S policy but subsequently had an accident whilst using a ladder at work, if you used the ladder inappropriately then you are at fault, for instance if you over stretched or over reached, if you were wearing inappropriate footwear, if you did not extend the ladder securely , if the ladder was missing a none slip rubber foot or there was something on the rungs that led to you falling but you had not brought this to the attention of anyone before using it you are still at fault, if you fell from a ladder and there were no witnesses you will still struggle to prove you were not to blame,

[alavahalf]

As soon as your feet leave the ground your on your own ..
Recently I was asked to do bulb changes for a very large housing association.
They had shot themselves in the foot after putting their maintenance people on Health and safety courses which pointed out... that if you work alone you cant use step ladders.
All 100+ employees stuck together and decided that changing a bulb was illegal, and that they would'nt be covered with their employers insurance if an accident happened.
I of course refused the work ... now all of the H.A's residents (4000+ properties) have to arrange to get their own bulbs changed.... nearly all of the residents are retired or disabled..!
H & S has got a lot to answer for ... common sense is not mentioned in the rule book.!

[society]

One foot behind the other.

[buildersmate]

"if you started work anywhere that there was the slightest possibility of you working at height and therefore using any kind of step ladder,......" Not true, Dotty.
The OP needs to refer to the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
For most practical purposes, you can take work at height as being over two metres - and therefore step-ladders are no problem.
This applies at work - you can do what you like in the privacy of your own house and garden (which is possibly why so many householders injure themselves using ladders)