Setting Up a Ladder -
First and foremost, you should always remember to lift using your legs rather than your back when you are lifting, carrying or setting up your ladder. If you are placing an extension type of ladder all by yourself, then you are going to want to allow the wall to be your friend. You can accomplish this by putting the ladder's butt where the ground and the foundation meet, laying the ladder on the ground so that the fly section is facing down.
Next, you are going to want to start at the tips of the ladder and lift up. You will then be able to grab the very first rung and begin to walk the ladder up, grabbing the next rung and then the next rung and so on. Once the ladder is against the wall it is not going to slide. Once it is all the way up, you will be able to walk the ladder away from the wall while the tips of the ladder are resting against the wall or structure. Your goal here should be to obtain approximately 75 degrees in angle. One way that you can check is that you can put your feet at the butt of the ladder and then put your arms out straight at shoulder height. If your palms are touching that rung and your arms are completely straight with no bends, then the angle should be just fine.
While you are in the process of walking up to the stop of the ladder, make sure that you are not carrying too many things. If you have to make a few trips up to make sure that you have everything, then by all means do that. Remember that you should always have three contact points with the ladder at all times, where each of your hands and each of your feet is considered a contact point. If you do not have anything in your hands, then you can walk up with the rungs. If you have something in one of your hands, then you are going to need to slide your hand up one of the rails without removing it as you climb.
If you are working around electricity on your ladder, make sure that you are not using an aluminum ladder because aluminum is capable of conducting electricity. You should also not be using a wooden ladder if it has a lot of metal on it, or a wood ladder that is damp. Electricity and water certainly do not mix.
You should always be with another person when you are working with heights on a jobsite. If you are all by yourself, make sure to tell someone what you are doing so if something happens, someone will know to help you out.
Photo Credits: doortoriver
Originally posted 2009-10-14 03:40:15. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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