Ammonia Loadout Facility Louisiana

Project Profile – Louisiana Ammonia Loadout Facility

SafeRack was tapped to supply and install all anhydrous ammonia loading platform and safety equipment as part of their $175 million investment in upgrades and infrastructure to increase production capacity to 800,000 metric tons at an 800 acre, Louisiana anhydrous ammonia manufacturing complex located on the Mississippi River, Jefferson Parish, just outside New Orleans, LA.
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Crude Oil Facilities: An Introduction to Safety

What does your workday look like? If you’re like most people with a nine-to-five job, you spend your days working in an office, most likely at a desk, on a computer or laptop. Perhaps you also get together with coworkers for meetings or conference calls throughout your day.

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SafeRack LLC Announces First of its Kind Master Distributor Partnership with Canada-based Northern Platforms LTD

ANDREWS, S.C., June 7, 2017 /CNW/ — SafeRack LLC, the leading manufacturer of truck and railcar loading platform systems and safety equipment, is proud to announce Northern Platforms LTD as its first exclusive distributor for the Alberta and British Columbia regions of Canada. The move comes after many years of sharing the same marketspace. With petro-chem
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June is National Safety Month!

As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And there’s no better time than now to focus on preventing workplace injuries — especially since June is the National Safety Council’s (NSC) National Safety Month.

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Summer Weather Industrial Workplace Safety Tips

Not only does warm weather increase the risk of heat-related illness, it also increases the likelihood of severe weather conditions, including hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, wildfires and more. This blog takes a closer look at the most frequent summer weather hazards, and how to best protect your employees.

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Are You Ready for the New Railcar?

New Rules and Regulations Take the Tank-Car Industry by Surprise Throughout the past several years, there’s been a surge in crude oil production and its transport by rail. As a result of these growing demands within the crude-by-rail sector, the industry ramped up production of their DOT-111 tank cars to meet the need. With the
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Q&A with a SafeRack Employee: Being LEAN and Solving for Safety

John Lawson, Director of Engineering & New Product Development For over a decade, SafeRack has delivered high-quality, precision-built industrial safety solutions. And we like to always keep a step ahead. But if it weren’t for the savvy minds behind the scenes, we wouldn’t be where we are today. Our expert team is continuously working to
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Crude Oil Transfer by Rail is On the Rise

With more than 9 million barrels of oil pumped every day, oil production in North America is reaching an all-time high (shale oil especially). Even with recent drops in oil prices, the industry has remained not only resilient, but also surprisingly on the incline.

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We’re All About Safety

Whether you’re looking at Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Laws and Regulations, or applying American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Safety Standards, your business goal should always be to provide a safe working environment. This applies to your employees, people on your work site and also your customers.

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Implementing a Successful Workplace Safety Program

For industries dealing with crude oil, toxic chemicals, heights or dangerous machinery, the workplace poses many potential dangers. While you as the terminal, project or company manager, might not be able to eliminate potential threats, you can certainly work to reduce workplace dangers.

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The Complex Notes of Chocolate Handling

You may not think about it while eating your next chocolate-covered bonbon, but the liquid chocolate that makes a treat, well, a treat had a very long and challenging journey as it found its way to you. Liquid chocolate solidifies when cool, burns easily if too hot and, because it’s meant for human consumption, requires safeguards that ensure continuous hygienic conditions.

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Major OSHA Updates Begin August 1st

(As of July 13, 2016, OSHA has announced that it will delay enforcement of their new anti-retaliation regulations until November 1, 2016. The following blog post has been edited to reflect these changes.) Come August, there will be a new batch of OSHA rules and regulations going into effect. How will you know which ones impact you and how to decipher the new guidelines? Here, we’ve summarized the key updates to note, and what to pay attention to in the coming weeks.

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A Better Workplace: Taking Safety to a New Level

For many workers in America, staying safe on the job is a daily topic of concern. From industrial manufacturing to the energy sector, many fields may place workers in situations that heighten their personal safety risk. This is why there are multiple safety guidelines put into place by organizations like OSHA, and why employers can often feel inundated with information on workplace safety.

Week of Making

A Celebration of Innovation

America loves to make things. Our history is filled with creative, innovative individuals who constantly remind us that progress is always possible. The White House’s Week of Making is held annually to support and celebrate the diversity of American makers, both big and small.

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Happy, Healthy Employees Begin With You

Nothing slows down productivity quite like an on-the-job-injury. Not only does the task at hand stop immediately, but depending on the injury severity, the task could remain stalled for some time. The last thing an employer wants is to injure their workers or call off a job assignment. It hurts employee morale and will cost
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The Changing Face of Loading Technology

This day and age, everyone wants to do more with less. It’s the only way to keep afloat in an industry as competitive as crude oil transfer. You’re only as good as your inbound and outbound lanes, and if you can’t efficiently get your raw material in and out, your business will be dead in the water. […]