Unsafe and potentially dangerous ladders continue to be sold online to unsuspecting consumers in the UK.
AIF member, the Ladder Association, has been highlighting the real and serious issue of the availability and use of substandard imported ladders on the UK market for many years.
Their ongoing ladder safety campaign, ‘Step Up to Safe Ladders’, began by highlighting the very real dangers of poor-quality telescopic ladders on the market. Since then, they’ve carried out a follow-up telescopic ladder surveillance study, and most recently, turned their attention to multi hinge-joint (multipurpose) ladders.
Their latest consumer market research study, funded by the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) as part of the campaign, found that consumers were up to twice as likely to have an accident after buying telescopic ladders online from Amazon or eBay than those who bought from dedicated DIY retailers such as B&Q, Screwfix, Toolstation and Wickes.
Read all of the Ladder Association’s market surveillance reports >
