Re: werner S2210

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On 2/12/10, Barry wrote:
> On 11/30/09, tvb wrote:
>> On 11/24/09, bob wrote:
>>> Just happened to me last week same problem same ladder
>>> only about three years old
>>
>> Sorry about your ladder accident. PLEASE call the consumer
> protection hot line at
>> 1-800-638-2772 and report this
>> problems so there may be a recall. Many others have had the
> same problem and it
>> is just a matter of time before someone is seriously injured
> if flawed ladders are
>> not taken off of the market. The only way for that to happen
> is for people like you
>> to report the problem. I know it is a bit of a hassle, but
> please do so for the safety
>> of
>> others. Thank you in
>> advance.
>
> I was seriously injured due to a Werner ladder failure. I was
> using a 10 ft Werner
> fiberglass ladder and one of the legs broke inward and I fell
> to
> a concrete floor and suffered a severe closed head trauma and
> broke both arms above the wrist. I now have titanium plates in
> both arms, suffer from cataplexy, narcolopsy, sleep apnea,
> dizziness, slurred speech, headaches, memory loss, and
numerous
> problems. I was in trauma intensive care for 7 days and have
> had
> multiple surgeries and still cannot use my right hand. I was
> out
> of work for 3 months following the fall and lost my job due to
> the absence. The fiberglass rails on my ladder splintered due
> to
> UV disintegration of the fiberglass. This was a known defect
in
> the Werner ladders and they are still selling these ladders. I
> owned my ladder for 10 years and stored it underneath the
eaves
> of my house, out of the sun. The ladder literally shot across
> the
> room and I fell 12 feet. I weigh 230 lbs. and the ladder was
> rated for 300 lbs. I was not above the recommended step on the
> ladder. My complaint is that Werner and Lowes have not
> nationally
> and publically announced this danger because it would probably
> hurt their sales.
>

I was hurt bad on a 8 ft werner ladder. I owned my own gutter
company and was putting up fascia on a house. when I was
standing on the 3rd wrung down from the top of the ladder taking
measurements when all at once no warnings the right leg just
split from the bottom up to the first wrung and folded over this
ladder was a 300 lb rated and i only weighed 200. It threw me of
backward on to my back and arm causing compound fractures of my
arm and severe back problems. I was in critical condition for
three days. I have had 4 surgeries on my hand and still have two
more to have done but cant get them done because I have no
insurance. I have lost my business,my old car collection trying
to save my house and now they just foreclosed on it I have lost
everything I have worked my but off for and now have nothing and
dont know what to do. this isnt the first ladder that I have had
from them do this I have four ladders of theirs that have either
broke the leg or the rivet supports have broke through or pulled
through like the fiberglass failed. my question is what do we
do? I hired a lawer and he finally came back and said after
almost two years that its a case he cant win now I dont know
what to do but I feal like they should be held reliable