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March marks Ladder Safety Month, an awareness campaign aimed at both cleaning teams and commercial cleaning executives who utilize ladders. Annually, the American Ladder Institute (ALI) promotes safety standards and education to reduce ladder-related work injuries. This year is especially notable because it’s the 10th anniversary of the program.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ladder-related injuries are common. In 2020, over 20,000 workplace injuries were reported as ladder-related, a significant number when considering the maintenance and repair tasks frontline staff require ladders for. As determined in ALI’s 2024 Ladder Safety Training and Citations Report, many of these injuries can be attributed to incorrect ladder setup (33 percent of injuries) and wrong ladder selection (30 percent of injuries).

To continue reducing the number of ladder-related injuries and deaths reported to Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), management should implement the following safety tips: