Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 1 78 of 53 8 Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 020 P age Nu m b e r 8 of 10 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e Ma y 2 2015 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e o n r e vised Doc u m e n t Ma y 15 2015 Wor k e r s sh all Use porta ble la dd e rs in a manne r c onsi stent wit h their tra ini n g a t all t im e s Ma int a in porta ble la dde r s in g ood c ondit ion I nsp e c t l a dde rs upon r e c e ipt a nd be for e e a c h use a nd Ensur e ladde rs a r e store d sa fe l y a ft e r e a c h use Not use or ste p on the to p thre e run g s of th e porta ble ste pladde r a t an y ti me Not e P e rsons w ho ti re e a sil y a re subj e c t t o f a int ing spe ll s a re takin g med ica ti on or ha ve a ph y sica l disabil it y whi c h would p re ve nt t he m fr om us in g a ladde r in a sa fe mann e r s hould not use ladde rs 94 S E L F S UP P ORT IN G L AD DERS S T E P AN D T RES T L E L a dd e rs use d a s self sup port ing unit s shall have t he le g s full y sp re a d a nd l oc ke d ope n st e p ladde rs sha ll ne ve r be us e d in t he unfo lded positi on No pe rson sha ll sit or sta nd on the top two st e psrung s of the l a dde r Ne ve r sta nd on th e top s tep or pa il she lf The e x tension sec ti on o f a tre stl e ladde r sha ll be l oc ke d a c c ordin g to t he m a nufa c tu re r s spe c ific a ti ons 95 S T ORAG E Ne ve r re st a la dd e r on a n y of its run g s l a dde rs must re st on their side r a il s W he n ha ng in g a l a dde r on it s si de ra il s pl a c e the ra c k a t 2 m 6 ft int e rva l s for supports I f storing a ladde r ve rtic a ll y se c u re the la dd e r b y using a c ha in or bun g e e c ord to pr e ve nt i t fr om fa ll ing Dur ing tr a nsport do not pil e other mate ria ls on to p of the ladde r L a dde rs should be top fr e i g ht S tore ladde rs in a c ool a n d dr y a re a 96 L AD DER INSP E CTIO N Ensur e that a ll run g s si d e ra il s a nd non skid f e e t a re pr e se nt and in g ood c ondit ion Ensur e that a ll rive ts j oint s nut s a nd bolt s a re ti ght a nd fe e t st e ps a nd ru ng s a re se c ure Ensur e that a ll movea ble pa rts ope ra t e fr e e l y with out bi nding or e x c e ssi ve pla y Ensur e that non skid fe e t a re c h e c k e d for w e a r a n d fr e e o f imbe dde d mate r ials S wive l fe e t shou ld displ a y prop e r pivot ac ti on F or e x tension l a dde rs e n sure that the la dde r e x tension l oc ks a nd fe e t a re fu nc ti oning if n e c e ss a r y lubric a te and tha t t he ro pe is prope rl y a ff ix e d a nd in g ood c ondit ion F or ste p ladd e rs e nsur e t ha t t he spre a d e r a nd p a il she lf f unc ti on pr ope r W oode n ladde rs should neve r be p a int e d be c a use that hide sig ns of de t e rio ra ti on The y ma y ha v e a c lea r non tox ic c oa ti ng o r c lea r va rnish Ensur e that ladde rsrun g s a re c l e a n a nd fr e e of w e t pa int mud s now g r e a se oil a nd other sli ppe r y mate ria ls Ensur e that c le a n shoe s with dr y sol e s a nd g ood g rip a re use d L e a th e r sol e s shoul d not be use d