Railyards are unique worksites that require specific fall protection equipment and access solutions to ensure the safety, productivity, and accessibility of workers, equipment, and materials. Fortunately, Northern Platforms has the experience and knowledge to ensure your railyard has the proper fall protection systems. Our team has decades of experience working with various railyards and worksites to design and install safe access solutions and fall protection systems for their unique sites and facilities. Next, we’ll discuss setting up the right railcar fall protection system for your facility and how Northern Platforms can help. Keep reading to find out more!
Finding the Right Railcar Fall Protection System for Your Operations
When it comes to fall protection systems for railcar applications, determining the best strategy for your operations can be challenging for several reasons. This is because numerous factors influence the types of railcar fall protection your worksite will need. Regardless of your industry, your railyard is unique, meaning you’ll need a unique fall protection system. Ultimately, when it comes to railcar fall protection systems, there is no “one-size fits all” system.
Fortunately, our safe access solutions experts are here to help at Northern Platforms! Our team can visit your railyard and assess your site to determine the best fall protection systems for your applications. Depending on your site, the types of railcars you’re working with, and the materials you’re loading and unloading, you may require specific access solutions such as gangways, safety cages, and loading arms.
At Northern Platforms, we work closely with you to ensure you get the best railcar protection systems for your site. Our team has years of experience working with railyards and safe access solutions. When you work with Northern Platforms for your railcar protection systems, you can rest assured that you’re working with industry experts that can meet all of your safe access needs!
Industry Leading Solutions
At Northern Platforms, we proudly stock a comprehensive range of safe access solutions from industry-leading manufacturers like SafeRack, OPW, Emco Wheaton, Ultratech, and more! We stand behind our safe access solutions’ quality, durability, and performance. That’s why our railcar fall protection experts may recommend the following solutions for your fall protection system needs:
Access Gangways
Tracking Gangway Systems
Safety Cages
Safety Showers
Dry Disconnect Fittings
Spill Containment Equipment
Loading Arms
Operator Buildings
And More!
When you need a dependable railcar fall protection system for your worksite, trust Northern Platforms to have the solutions you require! With the help of our powerful digital tools, our team can custom configure a mock-up of our recommended safe access solutions so you can visualize how your fall protection system will look in your facility. So trust the team at Northern Platforms to have the safe and compliant railcar fall protection systems you need!
Northern Platforms, Your Source for Railcar Fall Protection!
At Northern Platforms, we are proud to be your leading Canadian distributor of railcar fall protection equipment like YellowGate, SafeRack, and more! Based out of Leduc, Alberta, Northern Platforms takes pride in being a trusted family-owned and operated business. We are dedicated to ensuring your facility and railyard have the safe access solutions you need to protect your staff and equipment and maintain productivity. Ready to learn more about setting up a railcar fall protection system in your facility? Contact Northern Platforms today!
Prefabricated platforms are great for ensuring accessibility and safety in your worksite or facility. At Northern Platforms, our team is proud to offer a range of easy-access loading and unloading solutions that can improve the efficiency and safety of your workplace. Our offering of prefabricated platforms from ErectaStep is an incredible way to avoid workplace injuries while boosting your site’s overall return on investment. Next, we’ll discuss how ErectaStep prefabricated platforms can improve your facility’s efficiency and how Northern Platforms can help you find the right platform for your application. Keep reading to find out more!
One Solution, Many Applications
ErectaStep’s prefabricated platforms are easy to configure and assemble, which makes them perfect for adapting to numerous applications. Since they feature lightweight aluminum components, these platforms are also easy to move from location to location, with no heavy cranes or boom trucks necessary! Finally, these prefabricated platforms bolt together with just a wrench; no welding or additional fabrication is required. That means no matter the application, ErectaStep’s prefabricated platforms can step up to the challenge.
Efficiency Where it Matters
When it comes to business, time is money. So spending precious time designing, building, and installing a custom access solution can significantly hit your bottom line. However, ErectaStep’s prefabricated platforms are more cost-effective than custom-engineered systems. Also, they are designed to be installed quickly without special tools. In addition, these prefabricated platforms can speed up your production process by allowing your staff to travel safely from point A to point B easily.
Longevity and Quality
Another way ErectaStep’s prefabricated platforms can improve your worksite’s workflow is that they’re built to last! With ErectaStep’s prefabricated platforms, you don’t have to worry about lost time due to replacements or replacement costs. Each access solution is expertly manufactured with longevity in mind. Since these prefabricated platforms are modular and customizable, you can also quickly transfer them across your facility with minimal complications, thus decreasing any potential downtime associated with moving them.
Expert Support
At Northern Platforms, our team of experienced safe access solution experts can help you with all of your prefabricated platform needs. Our team will visit your site, identify potential challenges, design a custom prefabricated platform solution to suit your needs, and ensure the installation is completed efficiently. With our innovative custom configuration tool, the Northern Platforms team can show you detailed drawings of your prefabricated platform solution in just a few minutes. Our modelling tool lets you see the precise measurements of the final product before installation and offers you an accurate quote based on our design concept.
Northern Platforms is Your Choice for Prefabricated Platforms
Many industrial facilities, construction sites, railyards, and more can benefit from utilizing prefabricated platforms and other safe access equipment. With numerous possible configurations and modular platforms available at Northern Platforms, our team is here to ensure your site has the safe access solutions you need to work efficiently and safely. In addition, we also offer safety swing gates, gangways, crossover ladders and more, so when you need safe access solutions, our team is here to help! Contact Northern Platforms today to learn more about ErectaStep’s prefabricated platforms.
Are you considering installing a new industrial work platform in your facility? Are you looking for one that is versatile and offers numerous benefits? Northern Platforms has the access solution equipment that you need! At Northern Platforms, we are proud to be the premier distributor of ErectaStep industrial work platforms. For over 20 years, ErectaStep has been manufacturing high-quality, innovative, versatile metal stairs and access platforms. As your Canadian supplier of ErectaStep platforms, Northern Platforms is here to help you find the industrial work platforms you need to keep your facility safe. Continue reading to learn more about the benefits of ErectaStep industrial work platforms.
Effortless Assembly and Installation
ErectaStep’s industrial work platforms are incredibly versatile. These work platforms are simple to assemble and install as they feature modular, lightweight aluminum components. Installing one of these platforms only takes a few hours and requires little more than a wrench. If you ever need to move or reconfigure your industrial work platform, you won’t need to use a boom truck or heavy crane. In addition, ErectaStep’s industrial work platforms can also be outfitted with handrails, stairs, and safety swing gates, as they have standard bolt holes on every side. So if you need a work platform that is lightweight, versatile, and easy to assemble/ disassemble, then you need ErectaStep’s prefabricated industrial access work platforms from Northern Platforms.
Features and Benefits
Aside from the versatility and easy installation ErectaStep’s industrial work platforms offer, there are several other benefits your facility can reap from this safe access solution. The modular design of these work platforms doesn’t require any on site fabrication. It can quickly be bolted together in a wide range of configurations. From providing your facility with metal stairs, crossovers, work platforms, and more ErectaStep’s prefabricated industrial work platforms can be used almost anywhere. ErectaStep’s work platforms are OHSA/ OH&S compliant, precision manufactured, in stock and ready to ship from Northern Platforms. Some other benefits you can attain from these versatile industrial work platforms are as follows:
Aggressive Self-Draining Tread
Compliant with ADA and IBC
36” Square Platform can be Connected with Additional Platforms for Custom Configurations
Universal Design on all Four Sides
And More!
At Northern Platforms, our team of safe access solutions experts can visit your site to digitally craft a design drawing in minutes for your industrial work platform. That way, you can see precisely how the ErectaStep platforms will come together in your facility, and you view accurate quotes. Plus, our team of experts can assist you from start to finish. When you need reliable and high-quality industrial work platforms, Northern Platforms is here to help!
Find Your Next Industrial Work Platform Today!
Since 2002, Northern Platforms has been a leader in the safe access equipment, loading racks, and loading arm industry. We’ve been assisting facilities and businesses in determining the best industrial work platforms for their needs. Northern Platforms is proud to offer a range of safe access solutions and turnkey services as a family-owned and operated business. Contact us today to learn more about our offering of ErectaStep industrial work platforms!
Your chemical plant or processing facility is full of potential safety risks to your employees and your business’s bottom line. The nature of the chemical industry is that your staff interacts with many potentially hazardous chemicals daily. That means you need the proper safe access solutions to ensure your employees’ safety and your company’s efficiency. At Northern Platforms, we offer a range of truck access platforms that can be custom-fitted to your chemical plant’s needs. Below we’ll cover three benefits of investing in truck access platforms from your Canadian source for safe access solutions, Northern Platforms. Keep reading to find out more!
1) Protect Your Staff From Unnecessary Risks
Many chemical processing facilities move chemicals in and out of their facilities via tank trucks. While these tanker trucks are the most common and efficient way to transport chemicals, some significant risks are associated with loading and unloading. On these tanker trucks, their loading and unloading hatches are often located on the top of the tank. Without proper fall protection systems, your drivers and staff could easily fall from the tanker. Even with the use of a side access ladder, your employees are still at risk of slipping, falling, or potentially spilling hazardous chemical samples. Truck access platforms from Northern Platforms are the best way to ensure that accessing the tops of tanker trucks is safe and easy. Our team can help you find the right truck access platform for your facility’s unique needs and applications.
2) Protect Your Chemicals from Contamination
Truck access platforms not only protect your employees, but they protect your products as well! When you have a tank filled with valuable and hazardous chemicals, you must shield those chemicals from potential contamination. For instance, some chemicals need to be covered from something as simple as rainwater as it could contaminate or negatively react together. However, with the help of Northern Platforms, our team of safe access solution experts can craft a truck access platform solution that ensures your products stay contaminant free. With decades of experience under our belts, Northern Platforms is your trusted source for safe access solutions.
3) Better and Safer Workflow
Unsurprisingly, workplace injuries and contamination can dramatically decrease your business’s throughput. Suppose your facility lacks the proper truck access platforms and fall protection. In that case, your employees may be risking their safety every time they access the top of your tanker trucks. This could result in drivers and staff cutting corners and risking their overall well-being to get the job done faster. Implementing the right truck access platforms for your facility can improve staff safety and reduce the risk of production-halting injuries or product cross-contamination.
Invest in Safe Access Solutions at Northern Platforms
Investing in a truck access platform can be a significant upfront monetary expense; however, it confirms your commitment to safety and quality production. The long-term benefits of a truck access platform from Northern Platforms include the following:
Maintaining regulatory compliance.
Reducing the total number of accidents.
Creating a safer and more efficient workflow.
And More!
By investing in a truck access platform, you’re investing in your business’s bottom line.
Ready to learn more about Northern Platforms’ offering of truck access platforms? Contact us today!
Do you have a job trailer or modular office building currently using scaffolding or wooden stairs? Are you looking for a cost-effective, innovative, and durable temporary access solution that outperforms wooden stairs and scaffolding? Northern Platforms has you covered with our offering of ErectaStep temporary building stairs!
These stairs offer construction companies, temporary jobsites, and industrial facilities the access solution they need with the ability to be easily transferred from application to application. However, there are other benefits as well! Below we’ll discuss the benefits and the specifications of portable building stairs from ErectaStep. Keep reading to learn more!
Quality Access Solutions
At Northern Platforms, our team understands how critical it is to have the access solutions you need to keep your employees and worksite safe. That’s why we’ve partnered with industry leaders in the access solutions industry. Manufacturers such as ErectaStep craft high-quality, innovative access solutions that dramatically reduce the risks of trips, slips, and falls in your facility.
In particular, ErectaStep is well-known for offering pre-engineered and pre-manufactured access stairs. Each of their portable stairs is created using advanced lase-cutting technology and patent-pending designs to provide superior performance and longevity. Moreover, ErectaStep’s International Building Code (IBC) compliant portable building stairs series are a convenient and straightforward way to ensure accessibility to your work trailers, weigh stations, and more. At Northern Platforms, we are proud to provide our customers with incredible ErectaStep access solutions. Next, we’ll get into the specs of ErectaStep’s portable building stairs.
Meet ErectaStep’s Portable Building Stairs
ErectaStep’s portable stairs, otherwise known as portable building stairs or portable catwalks, are a great way to provide temporary access to job trailers, modular office buildings, weigh stations, construction sites, temporary housing, and more. These portable building stairs are manufactured from rugged galvanized steel. They are powder-coated to ensure longevity in interior or exterior applications.
ErectaStep manufactures two models of these stairs, one compliant with OHSA/ OH&S regulations and one that meets IBC standards and regulations. However, both models are available in seven sizes ranging from 28” to 63”. Moreover, these portable building stairs feature adjustable legs, which can be height adjusted to compensate for uneven surfaces or to be level with your door or access point. So when you need high-quality, safety regulation-compliant, and innovative portable building stairs, Northern Platforms has you covered!
Safe Access Solutions and More from Northern Platforms
Many industrial facilities, construction sites, weigh stations, landfills, and more can benefit from utilizing portable building stairs from Northern Platforms. With numerous portable catwalks and stair models available at Northern Platforms, our team is here to help you find the best one to fit your needs. In addition to our offering of ErectaStep portable catwalks and building stairs, we are proud to offer a variety of safe access solutions from manufacturers such as OPW Engineered Systems, SafeRack, YellowGate and others! With turnkey services also available at Northern Platforms, our all-Canadian family-owned and operated business is sure to be your one-stop shop for safe access solutions and more!
Contact us today to learn more about our offering of ErectaStep’s portable building stairs.
