Don't Delegate Duty to Provide Safety Devices

Don't assume that the tenant—and not you or your property manager—is responsible for providing safety devices, such as ladders, to contractors that tenants have hired to do work at your building. If your state law allows you to designate in the lease that the tenant has this responsibility, then the tenant—not you—will be liable for negligence regarding safety equipment. Otherwise, you may end up in a case where it's difficult to tell who is liable when a contractor is injured when using safety devices—like ladders—that are not his property.