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Ladders: some can extend your risk.(Buyers guide)
Household ladder injuries are one element of sweat equity you may not hear about on home-improvement shows. While human error may explain some of the roughly 180,000 emergency-room visits and 150 deaths reported each year by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, so might lax safety rules and questionable designs.
Six telescoping and seven tall multiuse ladders we evaluated presented risks that were serious enough for us to judge them Not Acceptable (see SafetyAlert on facing page).All 13 compete with regular extension ladders for taller tasks. Threats we found include crushing hazards to hands and fingers, ladder feet that slid out during testing, and injury ...
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