{"id":11319,"date":"2023-03-01T01:26:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T01:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=11319"},"modified":"2023-02-10T14:32:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T14:32:13","slug":"national-ladder-safety-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/national-ladder-safety-month\/","title":{"rendered":"National Ladder Safety Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ladder deaths accounted for 161 on-the-job fatalities in 2020, the most recent year for which statistics are available.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, there were 22,710 ladder-related workplace injuries, an injury stat that has remained relatively constant over the previous several years.<\/p>\n<p>The point is, ladder safety is a serious topic, with a staggering cost to business and even worse impact on families that lose loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>March is National Ladder Safety Month, spearheaded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanladderinstitute.org\">American Ladder Institute (ALI)<\/a>. This, its seventh year, will focus on four key themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Week One \u2013 Choosing Your Ladder<\/li>\n<li>Week Two \u2013 Safety Before the First Step (Inspection and Set Up)<\/li>\n<li>Week Three \u2013 Safety While Climbing<\/li>\n<li>Week Four \u2013 Safety at the Top<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanladderinstitute.org\">ALI<\/a> believes ladder accidents are preventable with thorough safety planning, training, and continuous innovation in product design.<\/p>\n<p>The more people, organizations, and businesses that get involved, the wider the message spreads, and the more people learn about proper ladder safety.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanladderinstitute.org\">ALI<\/a>\u2019s Ladder Safety Training site, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laddersafetytraining.org\/\">https:\/\/www.laddersafetytraining.org\/<\/a>, makes safety training easy, with an organized curriculum, video and resource library, and free registration.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11320\" style=\"width: 1135px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ALI_Homepage_NLSM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ALI_Homepage_NLSM.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ALI_Homepage_NLSM-768x246.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ALI_Homepage_NLSM-400x128.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ALI_Homepage_NLSM-440x141.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ALI_Homepage_NLSM-650x208.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ALI_Homepage_NLSM-980x314.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">March is National Ladder Safety Month, spearheaded by the American Ladder Institute.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Because every life saved is precious, the goals of National Ladder Safety Month are to decrease the number of ladder-related injuries and fatalities, increase the number of ladder safety training certificates issued by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanladderinstitute.org\">ALI<\/a>, increase the frequency that ladder safety training modules are viewed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laddersafetytraining.org\/\">www.laddersafetytraining.org<\/a>, lower the rankings of ladder-related safety citations on OSHA\u2019s yearly \u201cTop 10 Citations List,\u201d increase the number of in-person ladder trainings, and increase the number of companies and individuals that inspect and properly dispose of old or damaged ladders.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every step matters. From step stools to extension ladders, make sure you\u2019re putting the right foot forward. This March, National Ladder Safety Month, is the perfect time to step up ladder safety efforts and direct employees to take courses on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laddersafetytraining.org\/\">https:\/\/www.laddersafetytraining.org\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ladder deaths accounted for 161 on-the-job fatalities in 2020, the most recent year for which statistics are available. That same year, there were 22,710 ladder-related workplace injuries, an injury stat that has remained relatively constant over the previous several years. The point is, ladder safety is a&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/national-ladder-safety-month\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[8571,8569,8568,1081,8570],"class_list":["post-11319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-top","category-news","tag-american-ladder-institute","tag-bureau-of-labor-statistics","tag-ladder","tag-ladders","tag-national-ladder-safety-month"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National Ladder Safety Month - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/national-ladder-safety-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National Ladder Safety Month - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, ladder deaths accounted for 161 on-the-job fatalities in 2020, the most recent year for which statistics are available. 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