Many of us grew up with a step ladder in our family home saw step ladders used for odd jobs and maybe have not thought too deeply about the safe use of step laders. Did you know that every month in the UK 1000 people end up in hospital due to accidents in the home involving step ladders? In other words every day there will be about 30 people waiting in casualty for treatment because of a step ladder incident. Falls from height in general is still a serious problem although increased awareness and health and safety practices are helping decrease the incidents. In the workplace a HSE report includes details of a man who died after falling from the second rung of a ladder and hit his head on the floor when he fell. These following tips a ... step ladders step laders stepladders step ladder stepladder