- Language: English
- Duration: 20 minutes
*Available in French
Ladders – it is likely that we have all used one at one time or another. We use ladders so often, both at home and at work, that ladder usage appears to be a rather common and safe practice. However, injury and fatality statistics tell a much different story. In Canada, thousands of people are injured or killed from using ladders every year, resulting in millions of dollars in claim costs. The average age of a person seriously injured or killed is 43 years old. Studies have also indicated that these incidents are related to abuse or misuse of ladders, and not from faulty manufacturing.
Understanding the importance of ladder safety and increasing the awareness about proper ladder use both on and off the job is critical in injury prevention. This 20-minute course will benefit any person who uses a ladder both on and off the job, as well as supervisors and JHSC members in the course of conducting workplace and equipment inspections.
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About Industrial Safety Trainers
We at Industrial Safety Trainers believe that we can make a difference. We provide training and consulting services that will change the way workers look at safety in the workplace. We offer a very unique way of training; a discussion based method of learning. Our training team is a highly skilled group of certified professionals with a wealth of industry experience and work related background but most importantly, they are passionate about safety training. Our support staff strives to understand our client realities and through collaboration and purposeful listening ensures facilitation of each specific training or consulting request. Each team member works tirelessly to make the registration process for training courses easy and enjoyable.
We operate offices out of Barrie and Ottawa. Industrial Safety Trainers is becoming one of the largest training providers in Canada. Training can take place at a variety of different training venues such as our state of the art mobile training center called the Safety Bus, our conference centers located at either our head office in Barrie or our new training centre in Ottawa, along with other locations that we feel are appropriate for training courses to be delivered.
“We believe the goal of making a workplace safe should not be a burden to the employer, it should be easy and affordable. We strive to ensure that our clients are educated about the applicable provincial and federal safety laws and how they should be applied.”