Blue Steels High Wind Blue Flag is the best blue flag for windy conditions. Durable aluminum construction and still only weighs 8 pounds!
Our perforated panels allow air to flow through for easier handling in windy conditions.
SAFETY FIRST, and with our PVC-colored handle options, you can keep your flags organized by specified yard areas.
As a maintenance professional, you know the challenges of accessing hard-to-reach areas on locomotives or railcars. Traditional methods are often cumbersome and hazardous. These inefficiencies delay schedules and increase injury risks. Consequently, they affect productivity and profitability.
Every maintenance job has its obstacles, especially when accessing locomotive ends. Current solutions require extensive setup times and multiple tools. Moreover, they often involve unstable platforms lacking proper safety measures. This process wastes time and puts workers at risk. As a result, it can lead to injuries and low team morale.
Picture spending hours setting up a makeshift platform, only to find it unstable. This constant setup and breakdown consume valuable time. Additionally, the instability poses significant risks to your team. Subsequently, this stressful situation impacts efficiency, productivity, and profitability.
Introducing the Portable Track Work Platform—a game-changing solution for maintenance professionals. This innovative platform addresses common pain points, offering a safer and more efficient alternative.
Upgrade with the Portable Track Work Platform and see dramatic improvements. This investment ensures team safety, reduces downtime, and enhances productivity.
Don’t let outdated methods hold you back. Therefore, contact us today to learn more. Embrace the future of efficient and safe maintenance. In conclusion, experience the ultimate solution for maintenance professionals—the Portable Track Work Platform.
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Ensure the safety of your railroad workers with our premium Blue Flag safety equipment. Designed to comply with FRA 218 regulations, our Blue Flags provide maximum visibility and protection for workers performing inspections, testing, repairs, and servicing of rolling equipment.
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Reflective Blue Flags
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Regulatory Background: FRA 218
The Federal Railroad Administration’s CFR 49 Part 218 mandates Blue Flag protection for railroad workers. This regulation prescribes the minimum requirements for the protection of workers involved in inspecting, testing, repairing, and servicing rolling equipment. It ensures that no equipment is moved or coupled while workers are present, thereby preventing accidents and injuries.
Enhanced Visibility: The reflective nature of the blue flags ensures they are visible at all times, reducing the risk of accidents caused by unnoticed workers.
Regulatory Compliance: Adhering to FRA 218 regulations helps railroads avoid legal liabilities and ensures they are following federal safety standards.
Worker Safety: By clearly marking equipment that is under maintenance, Blue Flags protect workers from the dangers associated with accidental movements of rolling stock.
Operational Efficiency: Standardizing the use of Blue Flags and ensuring their visibility helps in coordinating maintenance activities efficiently, minimizing disruptions in railroad operations.
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What is a Fire Extinguisher Storage and management process?
Over the last 30 years, I visited hundreds of our client’s facilities, workshops, railyards, and job sites, and the progress in making our industrial work environments safer has been significant. So here at Blue SteelCo, we are proud to assist our customers and help make their workspaces safe, more organized, and efficient.
We developed our fire extinguisher rack for a specific reason. It helps reduce trip hazards caused by emptied or outdated bottles lying around the property.
OSHA continues to to cite, Fall Protection Citations and Slip/Fall injuries are at the top of the list. The discharged extinguishers could be mistaken for a charged unit should a fire erupt, resulting in injuries to your workers.
Eliminate trip hazards
Correctly identify discharged and charged fire extinguishers
Speed up your recharging service
Checking and keeping fully charged fire extinguishers is a crucial factor in fire safety. Our handy Fire Extinguisher Storage Rack is part of your solution.
Forklift pockets make it easy to move and 24 Spots 8-1/2″ Square Will hold most standard-size bottles. The overall size is 52″ long x 35″ deep and 16″ high.
Pallet Jack movable Bulk Fire Extinguisher storage options are also available.
All steel construction and powder-coated safety yellow.
Organized Blue Steel Fire Extinguisher Rack. Keep your workplace safe organized and clean. When there is a designated process for the storage of tools and supplies, you move closer to your 5S goal. Sort, Set in order, Shine/Sweep, Standardize, and Sustain.
The Locomotive Handrail is a safety add-on that attaches to the outside of a locomotive’s existing handrails.
Designed with four horizontal bars, it creates a visual cue to help workers maintain awareness of their surroundings during maintenance tasks, without impeding movement or door operation.
SKU# SH10267M Locomotive Safety Handrail – Main Product Page HERE
Measuring 36 inches high and 96 inches long, the handrail includes two aluminum clamps, three vertical supports, and four horizontal bars. Installation is simple using two adjustable clamps on the locomotive’s vertical poles.
An alternative vertical handrail, the SH10266M Vertical Handrail, is available for those needing to go above the locomotive handrail.
Proper inspection before use is essential, checking for broken welds and ensuring all components are in good condition. Installation involves placing the safety rail over the outside of the existing handrail, locking hangers, and securely tightening the adjustable stanchion clamps.
Both the SH10267M and SH10266M handrails provide crucial safety enhancements for workers performing maintenance tasks on locomotives, with thoughtful design and easy installation.
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This unit is to ensure lifting slings are not exposed to the elements where they become degraded. Large doors give you access to 78″ Overall height x 60″ wide x 10″ Deep Cabinet.
Both metal parts cabinets below are constructed of heavy 12 gauge steel with a zinc rich primer coat, then powder coated safety yellow.
Effects of Environment
Cabinets are also used for storage of Locomotive parts closer to the work area for better efficiencies.
63″ Overall height x 60″ wide x 20″ Deep Cabinet. With separate compartments and shelves.
The cabinets below are constructed of heavy 12 gauge steel with a zinc rich primer coat, then powder coated safety yellow.
These cabinets are used to store reconditioned eductor tubes on the Locomotive Service Track.
Contact Blue Steel for custom sheet metal fabrication for industrial use.
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Blue Steel handrails are easy to install are custom built for your service pit. Our handrails are durable and made of corrosion-resistant stainless steel for the locking mechanism that can withstand oil, chemicals, and other harsh workplace environmental conditions. The rolling parts are UHMW, so they move smoothly into position; the handrails and wall channels have a durable powder-coated surface
Our handrails are the best way to keep your workers safe and comply with OSHA safety regulations, and we have over 13 years of history designing and building these handrails for customers in North America.
Contact Blue Steel with details about your facility and learn more about our collapsible handrails and how they can help keep your workers safe.
Ensure your company is OSHA Compliant and check your local code requirements.
OSHA Link
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/standardnumber/1910
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We are always looking for better ways to keep workers safe. As new products are developed, I’m always sketching and drawing concepts on my tablets at home for future reference.
Recently I came home to a new concept from my 5-year-old Granddaughter for a Blue Flag. As you can tell she is very loving and thought hearts would make a good addition to SAFETY FIRST!! I agree, after all, it’s all about making sure we all go home safe to our family every day.
I hope we all teach them while they are young to work safely.
Check out our Railroad Blue Flag for Windy Conditions Next Gen High Wind Blue Flag
Safety on the job at the railroad!Working on railroads is tough, and being safe and ergonomically correct is really important. Our Aluminum Safety Locomotive Rail, LOC10011M, makes sure that workers tools don’t fall and a visible barrier to do their job easily. This safety bar fits just right between the handrails of a train, making the place where people work safer. Checking it before use is super easy to make sure everything’s okay.
Putting this rail up is simple: just lay it on top of the handrail, lock it with a pin, and make the clamps tight so it won’t move.
We also have a special stool that goes with it. It’s made of tough aluminum and has a soft place to kneel or squat, so workers don’t get sore when they have to work for a long time. It’s big enough for any job, but not too big to move around easily because it has a handle.
These products do more than just follow safety rules; they make being safe at work even better.
Together, these products don’t just meet safety standards—they elevate the very concept of workplace safety.
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