Tractor Trailer Safety
Even though loading and unloading trucks and trailers are daily activities in many mills, they are a major cause of workplace injuries and fatalities. Perhaps even more dangerous are situations where workers have not had proper training.
Here is a document that provides procedures that should be implemented to prevent injuries and fatalities while loading and unloading tractor trailers.
LATEST NEWS
2023 Industry Profile Study
The 2023 Industry Profile Study has been published and is available at this member-only page. The study included a range of grades produced on 65 paper machines at 47 RPTA-member mills.
Narrow Roll Safety Guideline
Available at this web page.
Summer 2023 Webinar
On July 20th we held a webinar on Treatment Technologies for Wastewater Reuse, presented by Brown and Caldwell Engineering. Webinar slides and recording are available to RPTA members only at this web page.
2023 RPTA Fall Roundtable
The annual member-only Roundtable this year covered New Paper Mill Technology. It included presentations by Voith and Valmet and a tour of the new paper mill operations at Graphic Packaging International’s Kalamazoo Mill. Seminar slides are available at this member-only page.
UPCOMING EVENTS
2024 Winter Webinar
The webinar will be on in-line freeness control with details to follow.
2024 Production-Technical Seminar
Our next P-T Seminar will be on April 29 and 30, at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, co-located with TAPPICon 2024. Session topics are:
- Safer Operations
- Process Monitoring
- Multiply Machine Operations
- New Packaging Developments