We’re back on billboards this winter season. Last year we had a billboard that spoke to the need to act preventably when it comes to hanging your Christmas lights. This winter, we’re still focused on ladder safety, but this time around our billboards theme is acting preventably when it comes to painting. Instead of showing the aftermath of an injury, this billboard show the moment before an injury might happen.  A dummy that looks like a man with painter cloths on is standing on a ladder precariously leaning on one leg on the ladder rung while he reaches away from the ladder to paint the billboard.

The billboard has been on the corner of Hastings and Willingdon in Burnaby since November. Besides the painter and the ladder, there’s text on the billboard which reads, “Before reaching for that extra foot and a half, have a word with yourself.”

Whether you’re using a ladder for painting, hanging Christmas lights or cleaning eavestroughs, having a word with yourself before you reach could save you and your loved ones from injury this holiday season.