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    Extension Ladders: Explain Dangers

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    Extension ladders can be dangerous if not properly secured and safely used. Workers should choose the right ladder for the job, ensuring it is long enough and in good condition. The ladder must be placed on a firm, level base at a safe angle and secured at the top and bottom. Workers should maintain 3-point contact while climbing, wear fall protection harnesses above 10 feet, and never stand the ladder against unstable surfaces or use it as a work platform.

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    Extension ladders can be dangerous if not properly secured and safely used. Workers should choose the right ladder for the job, ensuring it is long enough and in good condition. The ladder must be placed on a firm, level base at a safe angle and secured at the top and bottom. Workers should maintain 3-point contact while climbing, wear fall protection harnesses above 10 feet, and never stand the ladder against unstable surfaces or use it as a work platform.

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    Extension ladders can be dangerous if not properly secured and safely used. Workers should choose the right ladder for the job, ensuring it is long enough and in good condition. The ladder must be placed on a firm, level base at a safe angle and secured at the top and bottom. Workers should maintain 3-point contact while climbing, wear fall protection harnesses above 10 feet, and never stand the ladder against unstable surfaces or use it as a work platform.

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    Extension Ladders: Explain Dangers

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    Extension ladders can be dangerous if not properly secured and safely used. Workers should choose the right ladder for the job, ensuring it is long enough and in good condition. The ladder must be placed on a firm, level base at a safe angle and secured at the top and bottom. Workers should maintain 3-point contact while climbing, wear fall protection harnesses above 10 feet, and never stand the ladder against unstable surfaces or use it as a work platform.

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    Extension ladders

    Explain dangers • Tie off or otherwise secure the top and


    bottom of the ladder. Keep areas at the top
    Extension ladders can be dangerous tools. and bottom clear of debris, scrap, material,
    Workers have been killed and injured from falls and other obstructions.
    and powerline contact. • Clean mud, snow, and other slippery
    substances off your boots before climbing.
    Identify controls • When climbing up or down, always face the
    ladder and maintain 3-point contact.
    • Choose the right ladder for the job. On • Be very careful when erecting extension
    a construction project, it must meet the
    ladders near live overhead powerlines. Never
    requirements of a Grade 1, Grade 1A, or
    use metal or metal-reinforced ladders near
    Grade 1AA ladder under CSA Z11-12: Portable
    electrical wires or equipment.
    Ladders. Also, it must be long enough to:
    • Wherever possible, use extension ladders only
    –– be set up at a safe angle (see image for access—not as work platforms.
    below)
    • When you must work from a ladder more
    –– extend 90 cm (3 ft) beyond the top than 3 m (10 ft) off the ground, wear a safety
    landing.
    harness and tie off to a well-anchored lifeline
    • A two-section extension ladder should be or other support—not to the ladder.
    no longer than 15 m (50 ft); a three-section
    ladder should be no longer than 20 m (66 ft). Demonstrate
    • Check the ladder for damage or defects:
    –– before you set it up Use an extension ladder to demonstrate the
    controls to your crew as you talk.
    –– after it has been used somewhere else by
    other workers
    –– after it has been left somewhere for a long
    time.
    • Set the ladder on a firm, level base. If the base
    is made of soft, loose, or wet material, clear it
    away or stand the ladder on a mud sill.
    • Never erect extension ladders on boxes, carts,
    tables, or other unstable objects. Never stand
    them up against flexible or movable surfaces.
    • Set the ladder up at a safe angle—one foot
    out for every three or four feet up, depending
    on length.
    • When the ladder is set up, there should be
    a clear space of at least 15 cm (6 in) behind
    each rung for the front of your foot to fit.
    • When the ladder is fully extended, sections
    must overlap at least 90 cm (3 ft).
    • Stand no higher than the fourth rung from the
    top.
    • Don’t carry tools, equipment, or material in
    your hands while climbing. Use a hoist line or
    gin wheel for lifting and lowering.

    22 Working at Heights

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