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Ladder Safety for Pest Control Technicians A pest control route runs ten to fifteen stops a day, and most of them involve a ladder for three minutes. That ratio is exactly what makes ladder injuries common in the trade: short climbs, unfamiliar houses, wet grass and a tech in a hurry to make the next appointment. Eaves, Soffits and Wasp Work Paper wasps and mud daubers build under eaves, in soffits and behind shutters, which puts the work at 10 to 20 feet on a two-story house. A 24 foot extensi …

Ladders for Truck Fleet and Shop Maintenance A fleet shop has three different height problems in the same building: a 14 to 16 foot ceiling over the bays, a tractor hood at chest height, and a trailer roof at 13 feet 6 inches out in the yard. One ladder cannot do all three, and a tech who tries ends up carrying a 28 foot extension through a service bay. Service Bay Ceilings and Bay Doors Shop ceilings run high because the doors do. Lights, heaters, exhaust reels, air lines and door tracks all l …

Working Height in Foyers and Vaulted Ceilings A two-story foyer looks like a ladder job from the floor. It is really a geometry problem: the wall is 19 feet up, the chandelier hangs in the middle of the room, and the floor you have to stand the ladder on is marble, tile or finished hardwood about six feet from the wall. Measure the Real Height First Two-story foyers in DFW homes commonly run 18 to 22 feet to the ceiling, and vaulted great rooms hit 16 to 20 feet at the ridge with lower side wal …

Ladders for Tree Work and Arborist Crews Every tree job starts with the same question: how does the climber get to the first workable limb. On a lot of DFW properties that answer is a ladder, and the ladder is where the day's risk actually concentrates because the ground under a tree is never flat and the thing at the top is round. A Ladder Is Access, Not a Climbing Structure Ladders get a climber to the first limb or to a rigging point, and that is where their job ends. Above that height, spik …

Ladder Safety for Home Inspectors A home inspector works alone, on a house nobody has looked at yet, with a camera in one hand and a schedule that does not allow for a second setup. The roof is a ten minute visit and the ladder is the whole day, which makes ladder choice the single biggest safety decision in the trade. Ten Minutes on the Roof, Six Hours on the Ladder Most inspection falls happen at the transition, not out on the field: stepping off the top of a ladder onto a roof, or swinging a …