Accident with step ladder, safety concern

[Carbon82]

The very first thing on the safety checklist by Workplace Safety and Health Council (under MOM) is to check if the ladder is of sound construction, defect-free and using suitable material (e.g. fiberglass ladder for electrical work). The very same thing as before driving a car, we have to check that the car is ok (e.g. no bald tyre, working lighting system, etc.). But many take things for granted and thus accident do occurs on and off.

Aluminium is light and relatively cheap, thus widely used for ladder construction (including its rivet), BUT at the same time they are soft and subjected to corrosion under humid and corrosive environment (most of us keep our household ladder in store room or outside our house, both are humid environment in relative term). So it would be good to just take a half a minute to check our ladder thoroughly before each use. Some common defects to look out for are:

If you noted any form of structural defects, e.g. missing rivet, deformed step or support structure, it is time to get a new one. Think about it this way: your life worth much more than $50 - $100 right? Why bet your safety on something this cheap?

[Lala81]

23 minutes ago, sake said:

my ladders!

 

Not really a fan of heights/ladders. Especially these tall tall types...

[ToyotaShuttle]

This is my ladder. Very cool, sturdy, 7feet  and made of fibreglass. I still don't know why I bought such an expensive ladder...

 

[13177]

6 minutes ago, Lala81 said:

Not really a fan of heights/ladders. Especially these tall tall types...

Guess if you stay in those landed houses or penthhouse, you need such tall tall type ladder to reach the ceiling etc.

[13177]

3 minutes ago, ToyotaShuttle said:

This is my ladder. Very cool, sturdy, 7feet  and made of fibreglass. I still don't know why I bought such an expensive ladder...

 

How much?

[ToyotaShuttle]

$205 on qoo10 😂

 

 

Edited September 11, 2020 by ToyotaShuttle

[inlinesix]

i only have this ladder at home.  Stable and safe

[therock]

IMO, if your ladder is old, change it.

Corrosion can occur, even in aluminium models.

Falling from a height is not fun, especially as we get older.

 

[13177]

42 minutes ago, ToyotaShuttle said:

$205 on qoo10 😂

 

$200 for a ladder, indeed ex. Lol.

[13177]

1 minute ago, therock said:

IMO, if your ladder is old, change it.

Corrosion can occur, even in aluminium models.

Falling from a height is not fun, especially as we get older.

 

Falling down is not fun, no matter how we fall.

[Kb27]

6 hours ago, Lala81 said:

My stool is solid wood stool. Very sturdy one. Swing at your head, u will die type, and probably wont even dent it.  

I got 2. My mum bought for me when I moved in. My parents house also got one, which made me want to have them at my place.

Anyway I'm tall enough. my ceiling is only 2.6M and I'm already 1.8m. So with the 50-60cm tall stool i can easily touch the ceiling. 
 

I had to drill holes in the ceiling to mount a curtain track.

So it was one of those time, I have to get higher.

I think it's better to get one of those better quality ladder, but in the mean time I'm short, so I'll replaced the rivets with metal screws instead.

[ToyotaShuttle]

24 minutes ago, 13177 said:

$200 for a ladder, indeed ex. Lol.

its a white elephant... bloody heavy and i should have gotten a 6 ft one instead

[therock]

By the way

In case anyone wants to buy an almost new nine step ladder on the cheap, please pm me. I would like to get a taller one cheers

[t0y0ta]

1 hour ago, ToyotaShuttle said:

its a white elephant... bloody heavy and i should have gotten a 6 ft one instead

Steel?

[ToyotaShuttle]

fibreglass

[Fitvip]

4 hours ago, Lala81 said:

Not really a fan of heights/ladders. Especially these tall tall types...

That one very high SES leh! Not cheng hu chu!🤣

[Kklee]

12 hours ago, Lala81 said:

I don't enjoy heights so I definitely don't anyhow use it. I'm just directly above it. I'm not leaning outwards from it. 
It's only for indoor use. And I'm tall enough that i don't really need to stretch anywhere too much. 
If u fall from my stool, it's a user problem. Cannot blame anyone but yourself.

If u want to use outdoors in landed or a high ceiling of 3m, then no, it's not for that use.

It's this type of stool but circular. It's legs are all braced. 
https://www.fortytwo.sg/metro-medium-stool.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIppChu4bg6wIVw9eWCh0P2w93EAQYECABEgIWqPD_BwE

 

Aiya, it is up to you lah. 

Seriously,  if I use it that way,  I make sure no one ever see me doing so, in case they decide to  "copy" me - young and old alike.
And I make sure the item is well kept after use. 

 

[Lala81]

4 minutes ago, Kklee said:

Aiya, it is up to you lah. 

Seriously,  if I use it that way,  I make sure no one ever see me doing so, in case they decide to  "copy" me - young and old alike.
And I make sure the item is well kept after use. 

 

Thanks for the concern.