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Ensure Ladder Safety by Locking Latches

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you would invest in a good paintbrush so here's another one of our painting news and this is when it comes to ladders this is a ladder safety issue this is very common not to have these things locked out right here and if you don't have the same lockdown especially on six foot ladders I've seen it happen more with my guys on six foot ladders than any other ladders but even with three foot ladders you'll start to walk up the ladder really quickly put pressure on one side versus the other and when one of these or both of them is not locked out it's what we call a ladder snap or Whip and a lateral twist and when it violently twists because it's not locked out it actually just throws you off the ladder if my business experience having a painting company for over 20 years I've seen this happen a lot of times over and over so it's absolutely essential that you take and lock out both these these um latches on these ladders so it doesn't snap or twist and cause a serious injury here's one of the do's of painting and

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