An vital a part of manhood has at all times been about having the competence to be efficient on this planet — having the breadth of abilities, the savoir-faire, to deal with any state of affairs you end up in. With that in thoughts, every Sunday we’ll be republishing one of many illustrated guides from our archives, so you possibly can hone your manly know-how week by week.
As spring and summer season arrive, a variety of males are digging the ladder out of the storage and doing work on the gutters, home windows, roof — you title it. It’s a useful instrument, but additionally one of the vital harmful. In accordance with the CDC, yearly, greater than half 1,000,000 ladder-related accidents happen, and about 300 individuals die from them. Ladder-related accidents have considerably elevated over time, maybe as a result of householders do fewer DIY jobs themselves, in order that after they do mount a ladder, they’ve much less expertise engaged on one. The excellent news is that OSHA believes that 100% of accidents may be prevented with correct consideration to security. Even when it appears onerous, at all times use an abundance of warning when engaged on ladders to stop a important accident.
Illustrated by Ted Slampyak
