Ladder Injury
More than 2 million people were treated at emergency rooms for ladder-related injuries between 1990 and 2005, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. With Autumn upon us, the risk of injury due to falling from a ladder is higher than other times of the year.
Falling off ladders and roofs is surprisingly common and can result in broken bones, brain injury, paralysis and sometimes even death -- as in the case of former Green Bay Packers football star Max McGee, who was blowing leaves off the roof of his Deephaven home when he fell and died.
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Goodness, is anything safe???
I was injured last Sunday when I was on a werner 6 ft fiberglass step ladder changing a bulb in My garage door opener, both of the legs bent inward and I fell backwards
Hurting My shoulder and hip, i now have numbness in My pinky and ring finger, My Doctor thinks I might have pinched a nerve when I fell and says it may not ever go away, I tried calling werner company and was told that it was My fault not their ladders but they would give Me $100.00 to buy a new ladder, I feel the pads on the bottom of the ladder caused the fall not Me, I don't know what to do .........