With the recent outbreak of COVID-19, companies have begun to think more about communicable diseases in the workplace. The likelihood of a resurgence of COVID-19 or a disease similar in nature is extremely likely. Many experts believe that if precautions aren’t kept, COVID-19 could make a very strong resurgence.   

 So how do you make the workplace safe for your employees? Many employers have taken the advice from the Governors very seriously, practicing social distancing, making hand washing mandatory, and wearing face masks. But there are some industries where following all of these rules are much harder.

In the manufacturing industry, social distancing is often not an option. When you think of a standard manufacturing plant, often the employees on the assembly line are forced to work right next to each other. Changing the layout of the line to adhere to social distancing rules is simply not an option.

Keeping Assembly Lines Safe When Social Distancing Isn’t an Option

According to OSHA’s Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19, employer’s can install physical barriers, such as clear plastic sneeze guards to increase the safety of the employee’s workplace. Strong Hold saw this and went to work creating a sturdy industrial safety partition.

How do safety partitions help stop the spread of COVID-19 in Manufacturing Environments?

In manufacturing environments, yelling is often the primary way to communicate with other members on the line. When you yell, you expel thousands of respiratory secretions. These secretions often are not visible to the naked eye but are none the less there. When you insert a sneeze guard or a safety barrier between you and the next person, you can drastically decrease the amount of respiratory secretions reaching your neighbor.

Strong Hold’s Safety Partition Solution

Strong Hold wanted to create a partition that could withstand the tough manufacturing environments. Thus, we decided to build our partitions using 12-gauge steel frames and industrial grade 3/16” high-impact clear polycarbonate.

Partition Mounting Options

The frame comes fully assembled with simple bolt-included 7-gauge mounting brackets. These partitions can be mounted in 4 different ways:

• Floor mount (bolted)
• Floor mount (free standing)
• Wall cantilever
• Hanging

Another option is to make your partition mobile by sitting it on heavy-duty 4″ casters (swivel & locking).

Partition Off Larger Areas

Strong Hold Safety Partitions have a modular design, allowing you to bolt together multiple partitions to cover larger areas. These partitions also allow you to mix and match different sizes and partition styles.

View All Heavy-Duty Safety Partition Sizes and Styles

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Strong Hold is synonymous with heavy-duty storage. The moment your Strong Hold arrives, you’ll know why our products last. You’ll think, “Man, this is exactly what I needed.” From design to construction, Strong Hold lives up to the name.  

What Makes Strong Hold the Best in Heavy-Duty Storage

Our cabinets can be found in all types of manufacturing environments. Ford, BMW, Tesla, even the U.S. Military trust our cabinets to protect their equipment. To last in such harsh environments, we use high-quality materials and superior, American-made craftsmanship.

The body is constructed with 12-gauge steel, the thickest steel gauge available among industrial cabinets. A single sheet of steel is bent to form the wrap-around body. This design and the all-welded corners minimize the need for bolts, resulting in a sturdier construction.

For lighter manufacturing, check out our Lean Series. This line features the same popular cabinet configurations in 14-gauge steel.

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Custom Heavy-Duty Cabinets

Sometimes you can’t quite find what you’re looking for. Instead of settling for a product that only meets some of your needs, Strong Hold can provide the perfect solution. Whether you want to modify one of our existing SKUs or build something from scratch, we’ve got you covered. We have a team of dedicated engineers to work with you and make your ideas become reality. Tell us what you’re looking for and the specs needed, and we’ll draw it up to ensure it’s everything you’d expect from a Strong Hold. Request a quote today!

Zero-Flex Shelving and Drawers

Heavy-duty storage means supporting heavy-duty equipment. Our shelves can have load capacities of up to 1900 lbs. each, depending on the size of the cabinet. That’s about the weight of a Chevrolet Chevette on a single shelf, so you can have the confidence to store even the heaviest equipment without the fear of sagging. Each shelf is secured using standard nuts and bolts, which can be easily adjusted in 2-inch increments.

The extreme weights don’t stop at our shelves. Each drawer has a load capacity of up to 400 lbs. Strong Hold also offers adjustable drawer dividers to keep your supplies separate and organized.

Looking for even more organization? Check out our Bin Storage Cabinets. Each bin is removable, for easy access and quick selection.

Cabinet Door Options

Depending on your needs or application, you may benefit from one of Strong Hold’s many door options. In addition to our standard, solid doors, we offer:

• Clearview Doors
• Ventilated Doors
• Roll-Up Doors
• Pegboard Doors
• Doors with Bins

Many of our doors come with the option to select single-shift or double-shift. Double-shift doors allow you to lock both sides of your cabinet individually and control access between people, departments, or even shifts.

Securely Lock Your Storage

You take protection seriously. We get that. Besides the impenetrable protection of heavy-duty steel, our cabinets come standard with a 3-point locking system. This mechanism secures the doors in three places, minimizing weak points and making it almost impossible to pry open. All you need is a standard padlock. For additional security, Strong Hold offers multiple access control options, which can be added to almost any product. These options include:

• Padlock
• Manual Keypad
• Electronic Keypad
• Cylinder Lock
• Proximity Lock

For even more security, we can add a lock guard to your door handle to protect padlocks against bolt cutters.

Quick Ship Options

Need a quick solution? Strong Hold’s Quick Ship products are out the door in two days or less. In the continental U.S., that means you get your new Strong Hold delivered within 10 days. Check out the list of Quick Ship items.

Being a local manufacturer in the Louisville area, Strong Hold has been given the opportunity to continue operations during these unprecedented times. We certainly don’t take that for granted. This is a time to come together and support one another, so we began looking for ways to better serve our community.

With the increased strain on our healthcare system from COVID-19, Alternate Care Facilities (ACF) are popping up across the country. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies are in high demand, and these facilities need to keep their stock protected and secure.

“When we heard the National Guard was helping set up a hospital at the Fair Grounds, I knew our team would want to help,” said Tony Diebold, President of Strong Hold and former Army Logistics Officer. “Our veterans love any chance to help our men and women in uniform. We aren’t trained medical professionals, but this is how we can help.”

In order to prepare for an overflow of patients recovering from the coronavirus, the Kentucky National Guard set up an ACF at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center. To support this effort, Strong Hold donated six medical storage cabinets to the Kentucky Department of Public Health. These cabinets will be used to store the critical tools, supplies, and PPE needed by healthcare workers in their fight against this virus.

“I was really impressed to learn how quickly the Kentucky National Guard was able to design, build, and equip the new alternate care facility. We have a lot of great men and women serving our state and community here in Kentucky,” said Charlie Coombe, Director of Sales and former Army Aviator. Coombe worked directly with the Kentucky National Guard and the Kentucky Department for Public Health to facilitate the donation of the medical cabinets as they build out and equip the ACF.

Strong Hold has manufactured medical storage and PPE cabinets for many years, but only now has the need for safe and secure medical storage become so prevalent. We are proud to support our nation’s healthcare workers by providing products made with high-quality steel right here in America.

Thank you to the Department of Public Health and the Kentucky National Guard for making this possible, and all the frontline workers fighting to protect our state and nation from this pandemic. We will get through this, together.