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Guide to Setting Up a Ladder on Stairs A stairwell is the one place on a job where every ladder rule gets harder at once. The floor is sloped, the landing is small, the headroom changes as you climb, and the surface you set the feet on is usually finished. Crews get away with bad setups on stairs for years and then have one incident that makes the whole company change how it works. The Two Places a Ladder Goes on Stairs Either the feet are on a landing at the bottom and the ladder leans against …