A 6-year-old girl accidentally hanged herself Wednesday afternoon after the strap on her school safety helmet got caught in the bars of an overhead ladder at a playground in a park in Toyota City, ...

Raceway is often run overhead. That often means working on ladders or scaffolding when accessing it. Scaffolding is meant to be assembled only by people trained in assembling it. If you haven’t been ...

ON Oct. 5, NOISH announced the online availability of a publication that offers recommendations to prevent injuries and deaths while working with metal ladders around overhead power lines. A NIOSH ...

Q: My homeowners association sent me a letter stating that I need to paint the fascia of my roof. It is fairly high up, so I need an extension ladder of around 30 feet. I’m wondering if I should get ...

Workers risk electrocution when using metal ladders around energized, overhead power lines. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has developed recommendations to prevent injuries ...

Five firefighters are stable after being shocked Monday morning responding to a fire in the Mantua section of Philadelphia. Deputy Fire Commissioner Ernest Hargett said a ladder hit overhead wires.

AKRON, Ohio, March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring is the perfect time to tackle home improvement and maintenance projects such as painting or cleaning gutters. Before you start, take some time to ...

DERRY, N.H. (CBS/AP) — Two workers from a roofing company were seriously hurt when their ladder came into contact with overhead wires in Derry, police said. When the first ambulance arrived Monday ...