The Sam Carbis Solutions Group Safety Blog

When your employees load and unload ISO containers at your facility, workplace safety is a top concern. Without the proper safety equipment, workers are at risk of serious incidents that may cause injuries or even fatalities. In blogs one and two of this three-part series, we highlighted specific isotainer safety challenges, including a wide variety of ISO container configurations and a lack of standard safety protocols. In the final blog of this series, we offer safety solutions to help your company protect employees who load and unload ISO containers: Incorporate An Elevating Platform With all the possible configurations and loading scenarios your workers could encounter when handling ISO containers, it’s unlikely your existing loading platforms and other safety equipment have the flexibility to provide safe access in all situations. Railings and safety platforms provide protection from some types of falls, but most loading platforms aren’t able to prevent workers from falling t...

In the 1990s, ISO containers were fairly rare, outside of coastal areas. With the rise of global corporations and international shipping, they have become a common solution for industrial transportation. Once used primarily to transport chemicals overseas to Singapore, China and other destinations, fleets of isotainers and seatainers now supply many facilities within the United States. The growing popularity of ISO containers also presents new industrial safety challenges for companies and their workers. That means it’s more important than ever to provide safe access for loading and unloading this equipment. In blog two of this three-part series, learn more about a critical workplace safety concern associated with handling isotainers: Undefined Loading And Unloading Procedures On the most basic level, loading and unloading ISO containers sounds straightforward. Specially made forklifts move ISO containers to the loading area, where large cranes move them and stack them onto ship...

The chemical industry, the food industry and a variety of others make use of ISO containers, also known as isotainers and seatainers. These are essentially round tanks fixed in rectangular frames to allow for easy stacking on ships. When they’re not being transported via ship or barge, these containers are transferred onto different types of chassis and driven to their final destination. There are a number of safety concerns that must be addressed when loading and unloading ISO containers. As you develop a safety solution for your work site, consider the following isotainer safety challenges: Wide Variety Of Configurations While the International Standards Organization (ISO) regulates the dimensions of ISO containers, they come in a wide variety of sizes and configurations, each designed for a specific purpose. These containers must be loaded and unloaded in different ways, making it difficult for facilities to provide a comprehensive safety solution. According to engineering reso...