Posted by Rose on 8/30/10

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I was recently injured using a Werner 6200 ladder. I was
standing on the third rung from the top trying to pull stuff
down from the rafters in my garage.. While doing so, I felt
the ladder shift all of a sudden. I looked down and saw that
the internal spreader on the right hand side was slowly
bending outwards. Fearing that it was going to snap I
started making my way down it. Well, I wasn't aware that
because this (right side bending) the left front side of the
ladder was no longer touching the ground. So, the second I
put my right foot down I was instantly propelled downwards.
I slammed face first on to the hood of a car, bounced
backwards hitting a metal filing cabinet, flipped over that
and landed on the cement. I had numerous injuries. Black
eye, bottom front teeth knocked loose, and severe bruising
on my back and kidney. I've eventually lost the feeling in
my right foot and leg, as well as my lower extremities. The
impact of me hitting the metal cabinet was so great that a
portion of my lower spinal column shifted to the left and I
now look as though I'm leaning sideways. We still have the
ladder and you can see that, with the locks in place, it's
bent and the left foot is off the ground. I'm five-foot four
and weigh about 125 pounds so I don't think that I could
have caused it! Has anyone ever heard of something like this
happening anywhere else? Or to anyone?

Re: Werner 6200, 8/10/12, by Marc Lenahan.

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