Finalized Press Release announcing No-Step

For Immediate Release
March 3, 2009
No-Step Inc.
Contact: Creator Larry Allred Jr.
604 South 700 East
Orem UT, 84097
www.nostep.com
Phone: 801-554-4567

One Step too Far
Patent pending No-Step hopes to decrease ladder injuries.

While ladder injuries are prevalent during construction and household chores many precautions have been implemented to prevent these injuries, one recent development in ladder safety is the patent pending No-Step.

Larry Allred Sr. and Larry Allred Jr. the creators of no-step said, “No-Step was created to reduce ladder injuries and bring about a safer work environment for people working on ladders.”

Younger Allred said among the list of safety precautions used to prevent accidents is the suggestion that no individual uses the top step of the ladder while working. He said the warning signs are easy to ignore and many people use this top step anyway because the sign doesn’t stop them, becomes faded from sunlight or is scratched off.

“No-step stops people from using the top steps of ladders all together,” Younger Allred said.

He said it snaps into place and stays securely in the top step preventing anyone from stepping further up the ladder than they should, in this way there is a lower possibility that people will fall because balance won’t be lost and ladders won’t teeter back and forth because people are standing to high on them.

Younger Allred said, “I am hoping the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will recognize that their labeling is being over looked with ladder safety. This is one more simple precaution that can save lives and prevent injuries and will be much more effective than warning stickers.”

The Safe Ladder Management report stated, “OSHA concluded that 100% of ladder accidents might be eliminated with proper attention to the application of equipment, and the proper training of climbers. Human failure causes most ladder falls, but the preventable error is often administrative; not the fault of the victim.”

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission report more than 532,000 people were injured in falls from ladders in 2007.

According to Department of Human Services, Victoria, Australia, “Trauma researchers at the Alfred Hospital have begun looking at preventative measures to improve ladder safety following the release of statistics that show one-in-three ladder falls results in severe head injury and most patients eventually returned home, many required extensive rehabilitation and a number did not survive their injuries.”

Introducing a new product for step ladders, the new product known as No-Step is molded from a non-conductive piece of plastic (polypropylene). It has been engineered to fit most all makes of "A-Frame" step ladders. The purpose of this design is to deny any access to or above the top step, or cap of a step ladder. If you are standing too high on the ladder you may lose your balance and fall. Most falls from ladders seem to result in head trauma. The design will run from the bottom of the ladder cap downward to the very top "step" which is referred to by OSHA as "Not a Step" (1926.1053(b)(13). No-Step will help lower step ladder accidents in direct relation to this existing issue.

For More Information Contact:
James Johnson,
Public Relations Specialist,
No-Step Inc.
james.johnson@gmailcom
801-554-4567