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Safety for Restoration Contractors

And the Biggest “Ladder Idiot” is…

By Eric Fish
January 21, 2013

On September 1, 2012, the Ladder Association (U.K.) asked for submissions of people using their ladders in the worst possible ways. The competition, which was U.K.-based, was carried out over the course of three months, with the goal of better educating people on the proper ways to use ladders. Thirty-eight pictures were submitted and were put up to a vote on the Ladder Association’s Facebook page.

And the biggest “Ladder Idiot,” with over 30% of the final vote, is…

(Drum roll….)

This guy.

KEYWORDS: contractor safety

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Eric joined Restoration & Remediation in January 2012 and oversees all the editorial content that goes into every issue. He can be reached at fishe@bnpmedia.com

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