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SAUDI BINLADIN GROUP PCM Div.

TOOL-BOX TALK

LADDER SAFETY

SOME DIRECT CAUSES OF LADDER ACCIDENTS

Ladder slipping at base

Mainly where ladders are placed n s!r"aces which are bth s#th and hard$ th!gh as#all percentage cc!r n s"t gr!nd$ and s#e where a ladder is set n a b%$ bric&sr a pile " #aterial'

Ladder slipping sideways at the tp

Slip can be started by sideways press!re e%erted by a persn at the tp " a ladder$ r

by ne still sin&ing int s"t gr!nd'

Ladder t near the (ertical

)r&ing in a narrw gap' The ladder bec#es !nsteady and #ay "all as weight risesnearer t tp'

Ladder angle t shallw

Fr instance$ t bridge an bstr!ctin with a cnse*!ent danger " slipping'

O(er+reaching and (er+balancing

,ersn stretches !t t "ar t reach the -b'

Slips n r!ngs d!e t wet r #!ddy "twear

Treaded r!ngs help a(ert this danger'

Ladder resting against "ragile r #(eable #aterial r str!ct!res

Against plastic g!tters$ windw sashes and drs "r e%a#ple'

Falling #aterials

Material disldged "r# ab(e is a pre(alent ha.ard "r thse n ladders' Ob-ectsdrpped "r# ladders are a danger t thse at base le(el'

O(erstressing

The basic r!le /ne+#an$ ne ladder/ sh!ld always be "llwed'

Using t shrt a ladder

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Standing between a ladder and anther "thld

,rpping tls against a ladder

2eing blwn "" balance d!ring high winds !sing ladders hri.ntally

Ladders t!ching li(e electrical lines

De"ecti(e ladders

,lacing the ladder

The "t " the ladder sh!ld rest n a "ir#$ le(el$ nn+slippery s!r"ace' Ladders sh!ldnt be std n #(eable b-ects s!ch as debris$ lse bric&s$ barrels$ r il dr!#s t

gain e%tra height' A lnger ladder sh!ld be !sed'

On sand r earth$ three r "!r inch gr(es sh!ld be scraped !t and the ladder set inthe#'

Ideally$ the "t " the ladder sh!ld lashed in psitin as well as the tp' The ladder!sed t get t a higher wr&ing le(el 3n sca""lding "r e%a#ple4 #!st rise t 5'6 #eter37 "eet4 ab(e the landing place'

The ladder sh!ld be set at an angel " 89 degrees 3n !t t "!r !p4'

Tls #ay be carried in pc&ets r n special belts$ pr(ided there is n ris& " in-!ry and

#(e#ent is nt i#paired' Material shall be lwered sec!rely tied r in a bas&et'

SBG-PCM SAFETY DEPT.

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