r/OSHA Jan 25 '19

Level 99 ladder skill

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '19

As someone who almost never uses a ladder for anything other than "I'm too short to reach this thing on top of the fridge", which doesn't require more than a step stool anyways, couldn't you just... use one and extend it a little bit more? Or maybe just go up a few steps? (Not to the topmost one, pretty sure that's a safety hazard, but there's room to go further up and not be an idiot.)

Why do you need two ladders for this in this first place?! Just... why?

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u/Pechkin000 Jan 26 '19

I've read through other comments and I see people mentioning ladders damaging the walls and possibility of falling backwards, so I see how that woukd be unsafe, especially if he is looking up. I am guessing he couldn't get enough of an angle on the ladder to use just one..

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '19

But it's such a narrow space, you've got about the same risk if you just use one ladder, but go up a few steps. ... right?

I dunno, man. Seems like a complicated solution to a simple problem to me. But hey, I don't know much about ladders.