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Author: Jake Ellis

How Do You Safely Get On and Off Equipment?

The three points of contact rule, inspecting steps and handholds, facing the machine, and parking safely before dismounting.

How Does Daylight Saving Time Affect Workplace Safety?

How the time change causes fatigue, the signs to watch for, and safe practices for sleep, driving, and visibility.

What Are the Hazards of Compressed Air and How Do You Stay Safe?

The hazards of injection injuries, flying debris, noise, and hose whip, plus how to prevent them with safety nozzles, PPE, and inspection.

How Do You Prevent the Spread of Flu and Illness at Work?

Why illness spreads fast at work, plus good hygiene, cough etiquette, disinfecting surfaces, and staying home when sick.

How Do You Safely Use an Aerosol Recycler Drum?

Why aerosol recycling matters, what to inspect before use, how to puncture and drain cans safely, and proper storage after use.

How Do You Use Tools Without Straining Your Body?

Choosing the right tool, keeping a neutral posture, reducing force and repetition, and safe handling to prevent strain injuries.

What Should You Do in a Workplace First Aid Situation?

Knowing where supplies are, reporting injuries, basic first aid principles like stopping bleeding and treating burns, and when to call 911.

What Is a Permit-Required Confined Space?

What makes a confined space permit-required, the hazards involved, and what a written permit program must include.

How Do You Stay Safe Around Railroad Tracks?

Stop, look, and listen at crossings, never stop on tracks, avoid distractions, and stay out of the foul zone of active tracks.

Why Should You Never Bypass a Safety Device?

Governors, anti-two-block devices, MEWP tipping sensors, and machine guards exist to protect you. Why you must never bypass them.

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Steel Mill Application (SMA) Front-End Loaders have the base of a tried and tested design with a reinforced frame, cab, and components in order to operate and handle molten steel and blast furnace slag. Designed to protect the operator and reduce the risks when handling molten slag, the front-end loader cab is fitted with impact- and heat-resistant glass. There is also a closed HVAC system to prevent the introduction of gases created when handling the molten slag.

The Straddle Carrier increases productivity for the customer by eliminating the use of flatcars to transport slabs throughout the mill. This asset decreases the number of times the slabs are handled by providing the ability to drive directly over top of the slabs, picking them up, and transporting them directly to the location of the customer’s needs. These machines can also pick and sort through slab piles, selecting specific slabs for their orders, and achieving just in time delivery.

The Pot Carrier is constructed to lift and carry a slag pot designed to the specific capacity of the steel maker’s furnace. It also provides the operator with additional safety features in an effort to further reduce the hazards and to allow for ease of handling and transporting the slag pot to an engineered dumping station.

The prime mover, or tractor, utilizes a scraper design and then updates the operator’s cab with the ability to face in the direction of operation. This improves visibility and increases productivity.

With a modified or purpose-built spreader replacing the container spreader, we hang magnets for slab handling and C-hooks or coil tongs for coil movements. When handling hot slabs, purpose-built slab tongs can withstand temperatures up to 1,100 degrees F are attached. Typical lifting capacity under the lifting device can range from 35 to 50 tons depending on attachment weight and configuration. However, there are manufacturers that are now building Reach Stackers with significantly more lifting capacity. As capacity goes up, maneuverability due to increased wheelbase goes down.

The first Continuous Transport System Bulk supplied to a customer was in 1999. This replaced multiple heavy-duty tractors and trailers along with the labor support required to operate the trucks. Not only were we able to save our customer significant expense by moving from multiple trucks, trailers and drivers to one single machine with one operator, but we were also able to decrease the carbon footprint by burning significantly less fuel while accomplishing the same or more productivity.