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Ladder Association speaks at London Work at Height Seminar 2017

The Ladder Association, a not-for-profit body dedicated to promoting safe ladder use, shared its knowledge with delegates at the London Work at Height Seminar 2017, held at London Guildhall on July 10th. The London Working at Height Seminar (LWAHS) was established to bring together the leading organisations who develop and design systems of methods andMore Info

10 July 2017 More Info
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Ladder Conference keeps delegates one step ahead

The Ladder Association’s first ever national conference – Stay one step ahead in your industry – had a capacity audience in attendance at The Midland Hotel, Manchester, on March 10th 2017. It immediately followed the Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM), at which members received reports from the technical and training committees, together with a marketing presentationMore Info

28 March 2017 More Info
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Ladder Association joins new safety campaign

The Ladder Association has joined Working Well at Height, a new work at height safety campaign launched by the Access Industry Forum (AIF) in partnership with construction industry safety initiative – Working Well Together. Falls from height is still the biggest causes of accidents in the construction industry and while huge strides have been takenMore Info

23 March 2017 More Info
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2016 Ladder Exchange keeps safety standards high

FIRST launched in 2007 by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and now run and managed by the Ladder Association, the annual Ladder Exchange continues to keep people safe by encouraging users of old or broken ladders to trade them in for new ones, at a discount, at member companies across the UK. The 2016More Info

24 January 2017 More Info

The Association Comments on Vehicle Maker Fall from Height Prosecution

As reported by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)*, the national truck, bus and plant division of Volvo has been fined £900,000 after one of their workers fell from a faulty stepladder and suffered serious head injuries. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how the worker was servicing a large delivery truck in September 2015 when heMore Info

9 December 2016 More Info
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Industry figure, Alan Keates, has passed away

It is with great sadness that we have been advised by Clow Group on the recent passing of Alan Keates. Alan had been with the Clow Group since 1982 and was one of the co-founders of WJ Clow (Midlands) Ltd. Warm, personable and outgoing, Alan was very well known and respected throughout the Ladder Industry. He leavesMore Info

30 November 2016 More Info