Ladders

Part I: Safety Aspects Chapter 1: Ladder Selection Chapter 2: Ladder Design Chapter 3: Body Movement of Ladder Users Chapter 4: Ladder Use Chapter 5: Ladder Care Chapter 6: Ladder Safety Chapter 7: Workplace Ladder Use Chapter 8: Common Incident Patterns Chapter 9: Human Factors/Ergonomics and Safety Developments Part II: Legal Aspects Chapter 10: Theory of Liability Chapter 11: Proper Party Defendant Chapter 12: Design Defect Chapter 13: Manufacturing Defect Chapter 14: Better Alternative Available Chapter 15: Testing Prior to Sale Chapter 16: Misuse Chapter 17: Open and Obvious Danger Chapter 18: Visual Confusion Chapter 19: Proximate Cause Chapter 20: Presumptions Chapter 21: Contributory Negligence Chapter 22: State of the Art Defense Chapter 23: Warnings Chapter 24: Regulations Chapter 25: Limiting Factors Chapter 26: Experts Chapter 27: Conclusion to Legal Aspects Appendix A: Ladder Nomenclature and Definitions Appendix B: Ladder Incident: Characteristics of Ladder Appendix C: Ladder Incident: Characteristics of Incident and Environment Appendix D: Ladder Incident: Characteristics of User Appendix E: Occupational Safety and Health Administration: Stairways and Ladders, A Guide to OSHA Rules Appendix F: Code of Federal Regulations Appendix G: Checklist for Ladder Accident Cases

Jon R. Abele, Esq. is an attorney in private practice in Arkansas. He is the author of the following Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Inc., publications: Emotional Distress: Proving Damages, Innkeeper's Liability Management, and Construction Accident Reconstruction, Second Edition. He is a contributing author of Slips, Trips, Missteps and Their Consequences.Cindy A. LaRue, M.S., CPE is a senior consultant with Error Analysis, Inc. in San Diego, California. She earned a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University with an emphasis in Human Factors Engineering and an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. During her career of nearly 25 years in the field of human factors and safety, she has served frequently as an expert witness in a variety of premises and products liability cases and has authored and co-authored several research studies, professional articles, chapters and books. She is a Certified Professional Ergonomist and an active member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.