IFCo Nitrogen Fertilizer railcar bulk loading project

Nitrogen Fertilizer Bulk Railcar Loading Project – IFCo

Location Wever, Iowa United States Project Bulk Loading Platform Product  SafeRack gangways, loading arms, pipe racks, fall protection systems, drench showers, platform canopy Client Iowa Fertilizer Company (IFCo) Materials/Product Nitrogen Fertilizers Diesel Exhaust Fluid SafeRack Bulk loading platform installation for IFCo in Iowa. Fractionation Loading Terminal. When the installation was completed, the Iowa plant was
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Tracking SafeRack Gangway installation

Multi Hatch Truck Loading Installation at a Major UK Chemical Site

Location Stalybridge, United Kingdom Project Chemical Loading Facility Product Dual Sided Tracking SafeRack Gangway Client  Stepan UK Materials/Product Surfactants, Polymers Working with Flotech Performance Systems, this is a recent installation of a dual-sided tracking SafeRack gangway and loading rack in the UK. Because the gangways are mounted on tracks, they can easily be adjusted and spotted
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Self-Adjusting-Stair-Gangway

Project Profile – Self Adjusting Stair (SAS) G4 Gangway Improves Safety for Operators at LafargeHolcim Loading Dock

Location Georgetown, SC Project SafeRack Self Adjusting Stair (SAS) G4 Gangway for LafargeHolcim Loading Dock Product Self Adjusting Stair G4 Gangway When LafargeHolcim the nation’s leading cement producer needed to reinstate a bulk loading station that had been out of service for over 10 years, Terminal Manager Chris Grooms knew that the existing prefab gangway
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8-Step Metal Stair Pipe Crossover

Project Profile – Pipe Crossovers and Valve-Access Platforms for New Tank Farm Construction

Location Jal, New Mexico Project Install OSHA compliant metal stair crossovers and valve access platforms for a newly-constructed crude oil tank farm Product ErectaStep prefabricated modular metal stair units. This large ErectaStep project is for a newly constructed tank farm located in the Permian Basin in New Mexico. This installation included several crossover stairs, valve-access
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Metal Crossover Stairs

Metal stairway crossover cuts Voestalpine maintenance staff transportation time by 88%

Company Austrian Hot Briquetted Iron Location Portland, TX Project Install OSHA compliant metal stair crossovers to eliminate a 25-minute walk around the conveyor Product ErectaStep Metal Stair Conveyor Crossover When Austrian Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI) producer Voestalpine was looking for ways to improve efficiency at their Portland, TX facility, they reached out to SafeRack for
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Custom Work Platform Pipeline Installation

Custom Work Platform & Pipeline Maintenance Crossover

Crude Oil Pump Station in Texas Increases Safe Access for Workers Southwest Territory Manager Molly Laqua isn’t one to shy away from a challenge. When one of the largest oil companies in the US needed a custom work platform and pipeline crossover at their crude oil pump station in South Houston, Molly was on-site taking
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Loading dock portable stair installation

Portable Loading Dock Stair System Solves Unsafe Access Issue for Muncie Power Products

When Muncie Power Products’ Product Improvement Analyst Brandon Lease discovered an OSHA safety concern at their Tulsa, Oklahoma manufacturing facility he contacted Darren Rethford an outside Account Executive at Cisco-Eagle. Darren knew ErectaStep could provide an efficient and affordable solution. ErectaStep Territory Sales Manager Jake Bougher took the lead and knew without hesitation that the
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Truck Loading Gangway With Fall Protection

Tracking gangways replace double-sided truck loading platforms to access Frac Sandboxes

Client Halliburton Location Ft Collins, CO Project Replace damaged gangways and retrofitted terminals for improved throughput Product SafeRack Self Adjusting Stair (SAS) tracking gangways Halliburton was not satisfied with the response time and customer service from their previous loading platform vendor for its frac sand loading terminals. Upon inspection, Regional Account Manager Tripp Haywood noticed
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ErectaStep Catwalk installations at terminal in Bethany Missouri

Catwalks in a Gas Storage Terminal

Flint Hills Resources Opts for ErectaStep Catwalk Stairs to Transition from Legacy Crude Oil to Gas Storage Terminal Client Flint Hills Resources Location Eagleville, MO Project Install ErectaStep Catwalks and platforms throughout the terminal Product ErectaStep Industrial Stairs Catwalks and metal stair towers installed in the 1980s needed significant OSHA upgrades at a Flint Hills
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Roof Access Ladders And Stairs

As Campbell Soup Company Grows into New Product Markets, Safety & Accessibility Take Center Stage

The Campbell Soup Company is no stranger to the importance of safe and sound business practices. When facility manager Dan Junge discovered that existing rooftop access ladders presented significant safety hazards for operators, he knew replacing them was necessary. Predictable safety hazards such as rust, slipping, and durability is unavoidable as fall protection equipment ages,
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HVAC Stair Units - Profile

University Seeking OSHA Compliant Access to Rooftop HVAC Unit

When a university in West Virginia needed safe access to rooftop HVAC units, SafeRack’s ErectaStep brand provided an efficient prefabricated platform solution that saved the school time, space, and money. The project began with a site visit where SafeRack reps noticed that rather than building two separate platforms, two areas could be accessed from the
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Winery Chooses Aesthetically Pleasing and Affordable Barrel Access System

A brand new winery needed access to stainless steel barrels and fermentation tanks that would keep employees safe without compromising the aesthetics of their gorgeous new facility. After reviewing the original architectural plans and making a site visit, ErectaStep reps proposed aluminum stair and work platforms as a customized solution that met the client’s budget
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Metal stairs

Company Improves Safety with Crossover stairs to get up and over a gravity roller conveyor

Location Everett, WA Project Crossover Stairs for Eldorado Stone Product ErectaStep Crossover Stair System SafeRack Helps Eldorado Stone Improves Safety at their Everett, WA Factory  Thanks to our close association with distributor Motion Industries and their Industrial/Safety Specialist Tom Irish, Eldorado Stone’s Everett, WA factory has improved the work experience for their hard-working employees. Eldorado,
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attune foods erectastep case study

A Big Gap (and Savings) for Natural Foods Company

Attune Foods, one of North America’s leading natural foods companies, didn’t have easy access to the roof of one of their buildings. There was a five-foot height difference between it and the nearest building’s roof. And that wasn’t the only issue. The nearest building to the building’s virtually inaccessible roof was nine feet away. That
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owensboro hospital before and after

Safe Rooftop Access for Regional Hospital

For years, a hospital in Owensboro, Kentucky, accessed its rooftop HVAC cooling tower with little more than a freestanding ladder and steady feet. When it came time for regular maintenance, technicians had to climb the ladder, tools in hand, and crawl into a 3’x3’ access door. On top of that, to help steady the step
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Rust Resistant Stair Crossovers

Combatting the Elements and Complying with OSHA

Rust needs only three things to form: iron, oxygen, and water. When they come together, thanks to oxidation, you’re typically left with that familiar reddish-brown substance, and that means trouble in an industrial environment. A leading manufacturer of loading dock equipment knows this all too well. The stairs leading from the company’s delivery area to
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springfield hospital before and after

A Regional Hospital Steps Up to Safety

Few people understand the consequences of work-related injuries better than the health care professionals who treat them. Seeing firsthand the effects of job site slips, trips, and falls makes it immediately clear that safety should always be a top priority. That’s why the management at a large Springfield hospital takes every measure necessary to protect
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Metal Modular Crossover Platforms

Spanning Nine Feet Saves Thousands of Dollars

Attune Foods, a leading natural foods company, had a problem. They didn’t have easy access to the roof of one of their buildings. Further complicating things, an adjacent structure’s roof was 5-feet lower than this building’s, and the span between the two was nine feet. So whenever the mechanical system—or anything else on the roof, for that
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