SafeRack’s Customized Trolley Beam Fall Protection Solution in a Constrained Environment for Food Manufacturing Facility
SafeRack, known for its innovative safety solutions, completed a critical fall protection project at a food manufacturing facility. This project was distinguished by the need to engineer and install a system in a remarkably tight space, presenting unique challenges.
The Challenge: The client, an established food manufacturing facility, required an effective fall protection system for offloading three railcars. The significant hurdle in this project was the extremely limited space available, constrained by a nearby property line and an adjacent process building. This scenario demanded ingenuity and precision in design and implementation.
This project required a trolley beam L-style system commonly used in railcar, mass transit, and truck applications and is suited for fall arrest applications. rail support columns require smaller foundations and minimize fall distance and deflection while easily accommodating multiple users, making them ideal for outdoor fall protection applications. With the fall protection system overhead, a worker’s fall can be arrested before striking equipment or falling to the ground.
Innovative Solution in Tight Space: SafeRack, through detailed planning and hands-on engineering, developed a specialized trolley beam design to fit this confined space, which included integrating two of the trolley column supports inside the building and through the roof. The solution included:
- Ingeniously integrating fall protection supports with the existing building structure and extending them to the external area, despite the spatial limitations.
- Engineering and structural steel tailored for confined space fall protection.
- A customized fall protection trolley beam.
- Three designed trolley/harness systems, complete with all necessary hardware.
Installation and Collaboration in Constrained Area: The installation involved intricate work to accommodate the limited space, including:
- Establishing new external foundations in a confined area.
- Roof penetration and internal civil modifications.
- Comprehensive system use training, emphasizing safety in tight spaces.
This project showcased the collaborative excellence of SafeRack’s engineering and manufacturing teams and the customer’s operations team, all working together in a challenging environment.
About SafeRack’s Trolley Beam Fall Protection System:
- Adaptability in Confined Spaces: Specifically designed for use in restricted areas, enhancing safety without compromising on space.
- Functionality and Compliance: Ideal for workers near exposed I Beams, meeting or exceeding OSHA & ANSI standards.
- Customizable Features:
- OSHA Compliant Components, perfect for tight spaces.
- Reduces fall distances during critical operations like railcar or truck loading.
- Site-specific foundation designs for constrained environments.
- On-site turn-key installation tailored to unique spatial challenges.
The successful completion of the trolley beam fall protection system at the food manufacturing facility underlines SafeRack’s commitment to providing safety solutions in even the most challenging environments. This project stands as a benchmark in the industry for addressing safety needs in tightly constrained industrial spaces, further establishing SafeRack’s position as a leader in innovative, efficient, and safe industrial solutions.
