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International Packaging Manufacturer: Canada

When a large international manufacturer of paperboard packaging identified a safety challenge in one of its Canadian plants, it contacted PS Safety Access for a solution. One of the company’s corporate vice presidents had learned about EdgeSafe Smart Gates at a trade show and passed on the product’s benefits to decision-makers throughout the organization.

A recent audit of the Canadian facility had revealed that large doors in the shipping and receiving docks needed to be protected by some type of gate in order to meet COHS standards. These areas contained a diverse set of doors, ledges and edges – some mainly open, others mainly closed – along with one screened door that stayed open all the time to provide ventilation to the plant.

Arbon Equipment: Salt Lake City, Utah

Arbon Equipment Corporation specializes in selling, installing and servicing loading dock equipment (including levelers), industrial doors and other in-plant solutions. Some of the most important products they offer come from PS Safety Access®, including safety gates and more.

Recently, one of Arbon’s customers in Salt Lake City, Utah, approached them with a unique challenge that required an innovative solution. The customer utilized a double-wide door on their loading dock with two separate levelers. However, to comply with the company’s own internal safety standards, only half of the doorway could be used at a time, receiving one truck at a time on one of the levelers. This meant that the other half of the opened double doorway needed to be protected so workers didn’t accidentally fall off the loading dock.

Wally J. Staples Builders: Brunswick, Maine

Wally J. Staples values the people on his team. His company, Wally J. Staples Builders in Brunswick, Maine, has been building custom homes since 1993, and during that time, he has worked hard to keep his longtime employees safe and satisfied with their jobs. To deal with the current shortage of tradespeople, Staples took the unique step of constructing a wood shop so that his carpenters could do more of their work indoors before installing custom cabinetry, etc., on site. It was the design of this new facility that led Staples to PS Safety Access® and its EdgeSafe® Smart Gate.

CHI St. Alexius Health: Bismarck, North Dakota

CHI St. Alexius Health in Bismarck, North Dakota, was struggling with a safety solution that was causing a problem of its own. The busy regional hospital was employing gates on various stairwells in order to keep patients and staff safe, but the gates themselves closed with a deafening “clang” that echoed through the building. CHI St. Alexius needed gates that did their job without disrupting staff or patients.

Cummings Ag Inc.: Cummings, North Dakota

In the summer of 2017, Cummings Ag, a North Dakota bean and seed processor, realized that the frequently used ladder system in its facility needed an upgrade to keep up with industry standards. With future OSHA inspections on the horizon and the safety of employees in mind, leadership at Cummings Ag decided to make the needed improvements.

After some research, Cummings Ag decided to put its trust in PS Safety Access® to resolve its ladder safety issues. The company was already happy with several PS Access Solutions® doors in the facility, so it made sense to stay in the PS Industries® family.

Within Cummings Ag’s 20,000-square-foot facility, employees regularly used several permanent in-place ladders and a fairly extensive catwalk system. As a result, Cummings Ag wanted a solution that would maintain the functionality of the ladders while also improving safety for users and meeting all necessary OSHA safety requirements.

Bell Sports

Manufacturer of sports and motorsports helmets in Rantoul, IL. PS Safety Access® provided Pallet Rack Safety Gates for 225 openings in their distribution center.