Using Ladders – Do These Safety Checks

Accidents involving ladders can cause serious, even fatal, injuries. These often happen because the worker has not thought enough about how to use a ladder correctly.

Before you tackle any task which involves using a ladder, check out these ten safety tips.

Is the Ladder Safe?

1) Get the correct ladder. You might have to overstretch if the ladder is too short. You might have to put it at a dangerous angle if it is too long. Avoid using a stepladder to get into your attic. Have a proper ladder fitted to your attic, or use a leaning ladder.

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Home-made Safety Pin Jewellery

Make a beautiful bracelet from safety pins and beads. No one will know what it’s made of until they look really closely.

To make the bracelet you will need…
Roughly 85 silver safety pins of the same size, an assortment of small beads and some sheering elastic.

Decorate each safety pin by opening each pin and slipping on some beads. Make sure there are enough beads to fill that side of the safety pin once the pin is closed again. Close the pin and use a pair of plies to squeeze the head of the safety pin to hold the pin firmly closed.

Decorate each pin in this way, adding beads to pins in a random way.

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