Workplace Health and Safety

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Ladder falls can cause serious injuries and are often fatal. Protect yourself. Your family needs you.

• Hazard Alert: Ladders
• Protect Yourself from Fatal or Crippling Falls
• Choosing and Inspecting Ladders
• Setting Up Portable Ladders
• Climbing Ladders Safely
• Training video: Don’t Fall for It!
• Phone App: "Ladder Safety" (extension and step ladders) for iPhones and Android-powered devices
• Workplace Fatality Investigation Reports from the NJ FACE Program (click on “Falls” tab)

• Falling Off Ladders Can Kill – Use Them Safely (English/Spanish)
• Choosing the Right Ladder
• Inspect Ladders Carefully!
• Do's and Don'ts of Using a Ladder
• Set Up and Use of a Ladder
• Extension Ladder Safety
• Using a Stepladder Safely

• Two Construction Workers Fall to Their Death through Temporary Wooden Bridge Platforms [pdf 662k]
• Preventing Falls from Heights through the Design of Embedded Safety Features [pdf 397k]