{"id":134,"date":"2014-12-05T09:45:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T14:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amezz.com\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2014-12-05T09:50:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T14:50:53","slug":"attractive-nuisance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amezz.com\/blog\/attractive-nuisance\/","title":{"rendered":"Help protect your property from \u2018Attractive Nuisance\u2019 instances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Brett @ A-Mezz<\/p>\n<p>Oftentimes, people are looking for an easier way to access their roof. They may have been using an extension ladder before, renting a bucket lift, or even pulling a truck up to the wall and climbing on the vehicle.\u00a0 Adding a permanently fixed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amezz.com\/industrial-ladders.html\">roof access ladder<\/a> is a great way to mitigate the cost of renting lift equipment, or increase the safety of the climber compared to using an extension ladder.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve installed the permanent access ladder, you need to ensure that you protect yourself from having an \u201cattractive nuisance\u201d, or in other words, an item on your property that can be a magnet to curious kids, while at the same time providing an opportunity to cause them harm.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, attractive nuisance laws start with the understanding that kids are not expected to foresee the danger all situations present. As the property owner, if there is reason to believe kids can access your property, you have a responsibility to prevent causes of potential harm. If the owner does not, the property owner could very well be held responsible for the injury to a child. Keep in mind that in many courts, kids are not just young children, but can very well be teenagers also.<\/p>\n<p>What are ways to mitigate your liability? The easiest way is to be a responsible property owner. Make sure that you are following the local, state and federal laws and safety standards.\u00a0 Simply do what you can to prevent access to the hazard. Just as you would lock up tanks of propane so they can\u2019t be stolen or so that kids can\u2019t access them, you should do the same with your ladder if it is in an area accessible to kids. A simple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amezz.com\/industrial-ladders.html#ladderguard\">lockable door<\/a> over the rungs of your ladder can help accomplish this. Though it will not stop someone who is determined to gain access to the roof and is willing to \u2018spiderman\u2019 up the side, or pull their car up and climb up, it will help lessen your exposure to inquisitive kids, as well as add a deterrent to opportunistic thieves and vandals. Another option, if you have the room, is to fence in the area surrounding the ladder (this also works well at the bottom of stairs accessing roofs). Again, if someone is determined to partake in criminal activities they will find a way to do circumvent whatever you do, but with regards to having an \u201cattractive nuisance\u201d you will have helped alleviate the opportunity for accidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brett @ A-Mezz Oftentimes, people are looking for an easier way to access their roof. They may have been using an extension ladder before, renting a bucket lift, or even pulling a truck up to the wall and climbing on the vehicle.\u00a0 Adding a permanently fixed roof access ladder is a great way to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ladders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to ensure your ladder doesn&#039;t become an attractive nuisance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Protect yourself from having an \u201cattractive nuisance\u201d - an item on your property that can be a magnet to curious kids, while at the same time cause harm.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amezz.com\/blog\/attractive-nuisance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to ensure your ladder doesn&#039;t become an attractive nuisance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Protect yourself from having an \u201cattractive nuisance\u201d - 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