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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 …