Refineries
Optimized Safety and Loading Solutions for Refineries
Innovative Safety and Loading Solutions for Refinery Operations
SafeRack provides refinery loading platforms, oil refinery loading arms, and safe access platforms for refinery maintenance to support the demanding operational and safety requirements of the refining industry. Our solutions ensure worker safety, compliance, and operational efficiency in upstream, midstream, and downstream refinery applications.
Refineries handle hazardous chemicals, high-temperature processes, and bulk fuel transfers, making OSHA-compliant fall protection and safety equipment essential. SafeRack’s customizable refinery bulk fuel loading and access solutions enhance safety by providing stable platforms, secure gangways, and containment systems for truck and railcar loading operations.
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Refineries
Supporting Safer Work Environments with Reliable Access Solutions
Trusted Refinery Safety & Access Solutions
With decades of experience delivering trusted safety products and services, SafeRack is a leading provider of access and fall protection solutions for refineries, distribution terminals, pipelines, and storage facilities. Our refinery loading platforms are engineered to withstand harsh operating environments while providing secure, OSHA-compliant access for maintenance and fuel-loading operations.
From early-stage engineering and consultation to full installation support and ongoing maintenance, SafeRack ensures that refineries have the best-in-class safety equipment, fall protection systems, and loading arms needed to maintain safe, efficient operations.
Products
MaxRack Elevated Platforms
Powered elevating platform system for accessing railcars, trucks, and ISO containers
Samplers and Oil Thieves
Crude oil samplers, including oil thieves and sample catchers.
ErectaStep ProXL
Popular configurations adjusted to the height of your project and pre-engineered to OSHA standards.
Excel Loading Arm Systems & Components
SafeRack is North America’s largest distributor of Excel loading arm systems & components
OPW Loading Arms
SafeRack is North America’s largest distributor of OPW Engineered Systems loading arms
Emco Wheaton loading arms
SafeRack is North America’s largest distributor of Emco Wheaton loading arms
Samplers and Oil Thieves
Crude oil samplers, including oil thieves and sample catchers.
Rolling Work Platforms
The MP Series is a highly mobile rolling work platform designed to bring the workspace and stability of a fixed platform to a rolling stair mobile unit.
Signs and Signals
Signs and Signals
Drench Showers
Emergency Drench Showers and Safety Eyewash Stations
Pipe Racks
Prefabricated Pipe Racks Constructed Faster and Easier Than Ever Before
Tools and Loading Accessories
A comprehensive range of facility and loading terminal equipment, accessories and safety solutions.
Grounding & Monitoring
Protect personnel, product, and terminals with static grounding (earthing) solutions
Safety Gates
Industrial safety swing gates, facility guardrails, mezzanine gates and barriers gates.
Spill Containment
SPCC and EPA compliant solutions. Railcar track pans, truck spill containment, drum and IBC spill pallets, and industrial containment berms.
Top Loading Arms
Top Loading Arms
Loading Arms & Couplings
Truck, rail, and marine bulk fluid transfer top/bottom loading arms, couplings, swivel joints, hoses, and breakaways.
Portable Access Platforms
SafeRack’s MAUI mobile access units provide secure, adjustable stair solutions for safely accessing elevated truck and railcar work areas, even in the most challenging environments.
MaxRack Elevated Platforms
Powered elevating platform system for accessing railcars and trucks
Crossover Stairs
Prefabricated industrial crossover stairs to get workers up and over any object.
Gangways
Truck, Railcar and Marine Gangways, Safety Cages, and Inspection Services
Stairs & Work Platforms
Fixed and Mobile Access Stairs, Work Platforms, Crossover Stairs, Rolling Stairs & Mobile Platforms, Roof Stairs and Access, Ship Ladder
Ensuring Safe and Efficient Transfer of Crude and Refined Products
After crude oil is extracted, it must be transported and refined into usable petroleum products. Once refined, these products are then distributed to storage terminals, fuel depots, and end users. The majority of transportation in the oil and gas industry involves moving crude oil and hazardous liquids to and from refineries using trucks, railcars, and barges.
SafeRack provides refinery loading platforms, oil refinery loading arms, and refinery bulk fuel loading solutions to support the safe and efficient transfer of crude and refined products such as sulfur, LPG, jet fuel, kerosene, diesel, fuel oils, asphalt, naphtha, and blended gasoline. Whether handling truck and railcar loading safety solutions or ensuring compliance with OSHA refinery safety equipment regulations, SafeRack’s solutions help facilities improve workflow, minimize risk, and maintain compliance.
Refineries require reliable safe access platforms for refinery maintenance to protect workers navigating the complex maze of equipment and piping found in industrial facilities. SafeRack’s safety gates provide essential fall protection for refinery workers, securing access points such as ladders, elevated workspaces, and other hazardous openings. Our full range of OSHA-compliant refinery safety solutions enhances efficiency while ensuring safe, seamless operations across all refinery processes.
Refinery Loading Equipment for Safe, Efficient Operations
Loading Arms
SafeRack’s oil refinery loading arms streamline bulk fuel transfer operations by coordinating with pipe, electrical, and civil engineers to resolve challenges related to vehicle access and liquid handling. With the widest selection of swivel joints available, SafeRack ensures that refinery bulk fuel loading solutions operate smoothly and efficiently.
Our team of loading arm experts works closely with refineries to guide them through every phase of the design process, from selecting the right materials and dimensions to ensuring compliance with OSHA refinery safety equipment standards. Whether for railcar loading systems or truck loading operations, SafeRack delivers customized, high-performance loading arms that enhance safety, reliability, and productivity.
Spill Containment Solutions
SafeRack’s spill containment systems meet the Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation 40 CFR 112 and Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) requirements, providing critical protection against hazardous spills. Our comprehensive refinery bulk fuel loading solutions prevent leaks, control spills, and protect surrounding environments, keeping waterways and work areas compliant and contamination-free.
With an extensive range of spill containment products, SafeRack ensures that refineries, fuel terminals, and storage facilities have tailored solutions to meet their specific safety and regulatory needs.
Access Stairs and Crossovers
SafeRack’s ErectaStep Industrial Series provides safe access platforms for refinery maintenance, offering modular metal stairs and maintenance platforms that improve worker mobility and fall protection for refinery workers. Our patented five-component design allows for flexible configurations, making it easy to customize access solutions for complex refinery layouts.
From simple two-step footbridges to crossover stairs spanning pipes, cables, dike walls, and berms, SafeRack’s refinery loading platforms ensure secure, OSHA-compliant worker access in even the most challenging environments.
FAQ
SafeRack’s self-adjusting gangways provide safe, OSHA-compliant access to tank trucks, railcars, and barges transporting crude oil, natural gas liquids, and refined fuels. Equipped with four-rail safety cages and available in powered options, our gangways minimize fall risks and ensure safe, efficient loading and unloading in high-volume energy operations.
Yes. SafeRack’s carbon steel loading arms are built to safely transfer a wide range of energy products, including crude oil, LNG, and petrochemicals. With PTFE-sealed swivel joints for chemical resistance and vapor recovery systems for EPA compliance, these arms are designed to withstand harsh environments while maintaining safety and efficiency.
SafeRack provides a range of spill containment solutions, including pans, berms, and wheel chocks, to capture leaks during the transfer of oil, gas, and petrochemicals. These systems help energy facilities stay compliant with EPA regulations while protecting workers and the environment from hazardous spills.
Grounding is critical in energy operations to prevent static discharge, which can ignite flammable vapors during the transfer of crude oil, LNG, and refined fuels. SafeRack’s grounding and bonding systems ensure a secure ground connection before product flow begins, reducing fire and explosion risks and maintaining compliance with OSHA and NFPA standards.
Absolutely. SafeRack offers customizable access solutions, including gangways, platforms, stairs, and fall protection systems, specifically designed for the complex needs of energy facilities. Our modular systems are built to withstand harsh environments while improving worker safety and operational efficiency.
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What Customers Are Saying
Ease of installation, reliable service. SafeRack is a reliable company that is informative in their products and customers. Sales kept me in mind after I was unavailable to answer emails for two weeks because of vacation and work.
By Keith C. from Lucite International, Inc
A truly professional and positive experience. Tremendous commitment to our company's fall protection needs – Travis McCraine's knowledge and experience contributed extensively to a quick resolution to our plant needs. The design of the fall protection gangways and cages not only created an improved safe access for our employees, it allowed for continued efficient servicing of our customer needs with flexibility for their equipment. The presentation of various alternatives, the system measurements, the proposed drawings, the delivery, the durability of the product and the ease of installation has made this a truly professional and positive experience with SafeRack – Thanks
By Bill S. from Asphalt Materials
Our employees are more comfortable and feel safer now than on gangways we were using before. The design, quality, price, and value are hard to beat. Add to that, the prompt and courteous response from customer service, are all a major factor in implementing a program to phase out current gangways, and to investigate other products. Our men are more comfortable and feel safer now than on gangways we were using.
By Johnnie D. from Equistar Chemicals, LP
Great products! A good company to buy from.
By Ken M. from Triplex Inc.
We are very satisfied with our Machine Guarding Components from SafeRack Thank you for the great service, and quick delivery.
By Ethan E. from Recycling Equipment, Inc
I would definitely recommend these services to anyone needing a safe way of load securement. I was very impressed at how fast and efficiently Mark Gardner put together the quote and got it sent back to me. Everything was broken down in good detail to ensure we were getting everything we needed. Delivery was fast, and complete. I would definitely recommend these services to anyone needing a safe way of load securement.
By Richard F. from Metl Span