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Watching a customer fall off a loose ladder at a job site in St. Louis changed how I set up
Saw a guy go down hard at a hardware store demo area. Ladder wasn't on level ground, legs not locked. He broke his wrist. Now I check every ladder I set up, even if it's just a 6-footer for baseboard work. Do you guys do a full gear check every time or just when you remember?
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victor_butler503mo ago
Nah man I gotta disagree. You're overthinking it. Ladders are simple tools. Been using them for years without all this gear check nonsense. Guy probably just got careless. If you can't set up a ladder right by instinct you shouldn't be on one. All this checking just slows you down on the job. I've set up thousands of ladders on rough ground, concrete blocks, truck beds, whatever. Never had a problem. People blame the equipment too much when it's usually user error.
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