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Author: Jake Ellis

When Is Fall Protection Required and How Do You Use It?

Fall protection is required above four feet. The ABCs of fall protection, common fall hazards, and the key reminders for using a harness.

How Do You Protect Yourself from Insect Bites and Stings at Work?

Common insect threats like bees, ticks, and spiders, how to prevent bites and stings, and the signs of a severe reaction.

Why Does Mental Health Matter in the Workplace?

Why mental health matters at work, common signs of struggle, and what you can do, including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

How Does Substance Abuse Affect Workplace Safety?

Why substance use raises accident risk, the warning signs, what counts as abuse, and the consequences on the job.

How Do You Contain and Clean Up a Spill?

Preparing with risk assessments and spill kits, primary and secondary containment methods, and safe cleanup and disposal.

Protected: What Makes Bulk Different From a Heavy Equipment Rental House?

bulk field service and industrial tear-out heavy equipment

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How Do You Drive Safely on the Highway?

The three types of distracted driving, safe following distances for cars and trucks, and the steps for changing lanes safely.

How Do You Safely Handle 55-Gallon Drums?

The hazards of chemicals, pressure, and crushing, plus safe practices for handling, venting, storing, and inspecting 55-gallon drums.

How Do You Stay Safe Working Around Heavy Equipment?

Why warning devices matter, keeping a clear line of sight, swing-radius awareness, no riders, and high-vis PPE around heavy equipment.

What Is a 360 Walk-Around and Why Do It Before Driving?

A 360 walk-around is a full inspection around your vehicle before moving it. What to check to catch loose items, blind-spot hazards, and damage.

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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.