Designing Facilities for Worker Safety
Worker safety is paramount to a facility’s success, and it all starts with design. If you can eliminate a hazard at the source, you reduce the need for protective measures and the overall risk. So what goes into cultivating workplace safety, and how do you focus on your facility’s unique needs? Let’s take a closer…
Read MoreInverted-U Systems Protect Workers at Aircraft Fueling Station
Pharr Better Solutions is an industrial solutions supplier and a Spanco and Rigid Lifelines dealer based in Austin, Texas. Marty Rigby at Pharr Better Solutions took on a local fall protection job for a company with a fleet of corporate private aircraft. The facility includes a fueling station near the tarmac. The fueling station consists…
Read MoreTRAVELING BRIDGE FALL ARREST SYSTEM IN CORPORATE AIRCRAFT HANGAR
A major private northeastern airport is home to a corporate aircraft hangar for a large international company. The hangar houses a branch of the company’s aircraft, including three jets and two helicopters. These aircraft are flown on a weekly basis, depending on executive’s travel needs. As the aircraft move in and out of the hangar,…
Read MoreCUSTOMIZED FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM MAKES AIRPLANE STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE EASIER AND MORE EFFICIENT
A leading energy company has an aviation services facility that houses, maintains, and cleans company airplanes in Houston, TX. The aircraft in its fleet vary widely in terms of size and design, meaning the crews in charge of cleaning and maintenance have to account for varying wingspan lengths and heights off the ground as they…
Read MoreMULTIPLE MONORAILS IMPROVE FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM AT AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE FACILITY
An aviation maintenance facility on the East Coast cleans and repairs aircraft inside a large hangar. The aircraft that use the facility can vary dramatically in size, so they needed a versatile system that could cover long distances and account for significant differences in work elevation. Before searching for a rigid track fall protection system,…
Read MoreGriffin Mobile System Keeps Workers Safe During Aircraft Inspections And Maintenance
The Pima Air & Space Museum was founded in Tucson, Arizona, in 1966, to preserve the heritage of the US Air Force and the history of aviation in America. The goal was to save many of the aircraft of the 1940s and 1950s that were being scrapped from Air Force bases and storage, and to…
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