Buying Ships Ladders: Don’t Skip the OSHA-compliance Part

Access solutions come in different shapes and sizes. From staircases to standard ladders, portable ladders, retractable ladders, and step stools, the options are wide and varied. The choice boils down to your specific needs. For instance, ships ladders are ideal for small or compact rooms with limited access space. These are typically used for roof hatch, mezzanine, and loft access.

Ship ladders

Ship ladders are a unique type of ladder in that they’re not built and designed like standard ladders that fit into any type of space. Ship ladders are designed for a ship’s small spaces, which means they’re ideal for rooms or spaces with limited access room. In other words, they’re designed for unique spaces with smaller, non-standard measurements. The OSHA recommends aluminum ships ladders for spaces where standard ladders won’t fit.

Alaco Ladder’s Heavy Duty Aluminum Ladders are as strong as steel ladders but lighter, easier to handle, install, maintain, and more sustainable than steel. Alaco also manufactures and assembles Fall Arrest Systems, the newest things in ladder safety.

OSHA compliance

The Occupational Safety and Health Regulation or OSHA has specific standards that ladder manufacturers are obligated to follow particularly if their ladders are designed for construction, commercial, or industrial use. OSHA regulations for ladder design, manufacturing and use are meant to keep all users safe. In other words, the goal is to reduce the risk of ladder-related fall accidents, which number a total of approximately 60,000 hospitalizations per year and 500,000 injuries annually.

For ships ladders, some of the OSHA standards that manufacturers must follow cover such pertinent details as slopes of the steps (50° to 70° horizontally), installation of handrails and guides [OSHA standard 1910.25 (b)(1))], and load capacities [1910.25(b)(6)], among others.

Why OSHA compliance matters

OSHA compliance is important not only to the workers in construction sites and various other work environments, but to the employers and owners of these businesses as well. OSHA compliance safeguards the lives of the workers and at the same time, protects employers and business owners from liability should a ladder-related accident occur.

Alaco Ladder’s OSHA-compliant Ships Ladders

Alaco prioritizes users’ safety in the design and manufacturing of every ladder unit they create. They are invested in the workers’ safety as much as building contractors, roofing specialists, architects, engineers, spec writers, and other relevant professionals do. This is why the make sure to stay up to date with the latest OSHA standards regarding ladder design and manufacturing to ensure the safety of anyone who uses their ladder units.

When you’re ready to discuss your requirements for your ships ladders, please feel free to contact Alaco Ladder at (888) 310-7040. You may also fill out the Contact Form here.