Food Processing

Food Processing & Cold Storage Facilities

Dakota Safety designs customized rooftop safety, interior guardrail, and self-closing gate systems for food processing plants, distribution centers, and cold storage operations.

Built for Real Facilities

Industrial safety systems that support cleaning access, maintenance routes, mezzanine protection, and food-safe material requirements.

Rooftop Access Non-penetrating and portable guardrail systems
Interior Safety Guardrails, bollards, and self-closing gate protection
Food-Safe Options Stainless steel, food-grade plastic, and sealed end caps

Safety Systems for Food Facilities

Dakota Safety has worked with a number of big names in food processing and cold storage to develop customized safety systems for their facilities. From poultry processing plants to distribution centers to grain elevators, we’ve provided passive fall protection systems, self-closing safety gates, and more.

We work with facility teams to create practical systems that fit the space, support operations, and improve safety where access and movement happen every day.

Best-Fit Applications

  • Rooftop service and cleaning access
  • Mezzanines and elevated storage zones
  • Equipment and shelving protection
  • Cold storage and washdown environments

Where Dakota Safety Helps Most

Rooftop Safety Systems

Safe access for cleaning and maintenance

The most common safety products we provide for food processing plants and cold storage locations are rooftop fall protection systems.

Non-penetrating guardrails help create safer rooftop access without drilling into the roof, while portable systems can be moved to the areas where protection is needed most.

Safety Gates & Guardrails

Protect workers inside active facilities

Dakota Safety offers guardrail systems, safety gates, and bollards for mezzanines, loading docks, shelving, equipment areas, and interior traffic zones.

These high-visibility systems help define safer work areas while supporting day-to-day movement in busy industrial environments.

Food Handling Areas

Material options that support cleanliness

Specialty stainless steel and food-grade plastic options are available for locations where sanitation and cleanability matter most.

End caps can also help seal openings and reduce the buildup of food particles and debris.

Elevated Storage

Pallet flow gate protection

We offer pallet flow safety gates for mezzanines and other elevated storage areas.

These spring-loaded, self-closing gates help make loading and unloading safer while maintaining edge protection when pallets are not present.

Food Processing Safety Product Links

Food Processing / Cold Storage Work

Tyson

Owner Installed

Various Locations SD, IA

SafetyRail2000 safety yellow rails and bases; KwikRail modular handrail system

General Mills

Owner Installed

Minneapolis MN

SafetyRail2000 safety yellow rails and bases

Cargill

Owner Installed

Wahpeton ND

SafetyRail2000 rails and bases; ladder defenders; toe boards; safety gates

Ohly Americas

Owner Installed

Boyceville WI

Adjustable mid-rails, low-profile outriggers, and wheeled gate access

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