SAFETY INFO

By Robert E. McClay, CSP • Professional Safety, May 2008 Robert E. McClay, CSP, is a safety consultant based in Indiana, Pennsylvania. His experience includes 27 years as a safety educator and OSHA consultant at Indiana University of Pennsylvania; five years as a safety consultant and educator at East Carolina University; and two years as a safety engineer at the Naval Ordnance Station in Indian Head, Maryland. McClay holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from B

Fleet managers, operations leaders, and safety directors all face the same balancing act every day. Keep crews safe, keep vehicles moving, and keep downtime to a minimum. One area that is often overlooked but has a major impact on all three is safe access to truck beds, trailers, and equipment decks. Stake pocket ladders solve a problem many fleets have learned to tolerate for far too long. Traditional portable ladders create more risk than most teams realize. They get tossed