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Ladder-related deaths and injuries have increased in the past 10 years compared with the previous decade, according to Australian hospital statistics. The reason may be the increase in DIY – Do It Yourself – home improvements and renovations. Older people are more at risk than younger people, and males are more at risk than females. Most ladder accidents are caused outside – by falling when repairing gutters or tiles on the roof, or repairing or painting windows.

Ladder accidents do not always occur at home. A fisherman from Stornoway, Scotland, was taken to hospital after falling from a ladder into the hold of his boat, 19 kilometres (12 miles) from the coast. The coastguard rescued him.

In one near-accident in Swadlincote in England a man balanced a ladder on two tables in order to reach the front of a shop he was painting. The straight ladder was on top of two coffee tables, which had been balancing on top of one another. A passing council environmental health officer saw the dangerous situation and advised the man to take the ladder down. Fortunately he did before he had an accident.

And not all ladder accidents are related to home repairs. A man in Worcestershire, England, was rescued from a pond after a ladder accident. A cat was stuck in a tree, so the man put a ladder against the tree to retrieve the cat, but fell off and landed in the pond.

In Manchester, England, in August 2014, firefighters raised money for charity by climbing ladders. Two firefighters climbed the height of Mt. Everest. They scaled a 13-metre ladder 1,474 times over six hours to the equivalent height of Mt. Everest for the Make A Wish Foundation.

And one man loved ladders so much that he stole them. A man from New Jersey in America was stealing a ladder from a person’s yard when a neighbour notified the police. The police found more than 20 stolen ladders at his home.


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