Whether cleaning, hanging pictures or inspecting a roof, ladder safety is important to acknowledge.

According to the World Health Organization, the United States leads the world in ladder deaths. Each year in the U.S., there are more than 164,000 emergency room-treated injuries and 300 deaths caused by falls from ladders. Most ladder deaths are from falls of 10 feet or less.

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