ladder-related risks and injuries

Many ladder-related injuries are caused by not understanding how to use the ladder correctly.

Injuries can sometimes be serious and long-lasting.

Some 'minor' incidents do not preclude further attempts at scaling the giddy heights again.

The amount of grovelling that accompanies a desire to be put back on a ladder is usually commensurate with the seriousness of the 'incident' especially (again) if you are a man.

Ladders can be flimsy constructions, and can be extended or shortened without warning.

Locking mechanisms on extended ladders are rarely used and both sexes continually revise the payload on their respective ladders.

Men can find themselves at the top of a woman's ladder without being aware of taking any conscious steps - and of course vice versa.

Also remember that what goes up can come down!

Accusing the owner of a ladder of misuse - particularly if the owner is female - is no guarantee that a problem will be rectified - and you could find yourself consigned to the Abyss.