Automotive Solutions

Lapeyre Stair has been servicing America's automotive factories and supporting production facilities for more than 4 decades. If you're dealing with space constrained equipment access, fixed or folding ladder hazards, or just want to increase workplace efficiencies, we can help.

Proven Automotive Industry Success

Key Automotive Industry Facility Benefits

Our line of industrial stair systems provides safe, routine access to CNC Fabrication machines, tire conveyors, elevated conveyors, storage mezzanines, and equipment platforms.

Custom, Compliant Solutions

Our products incorporate interchangeable components that are pre-engineered to comply with applicable OSHA and IBC standards.

Workplace Efficency

Our custom-designed and engineered crossover stair equipment access systems optimize workflow in and around your facility.

Increased Safety

Replacing fixed vertical ladders with alternating tread stairs provides more useable tread depth, which means the entire foot is supported.

Improved Ergonomics

Our face-forward ascent and descent design encourages a neutral body posture, provides a stable tread surface, and eliminates the need for constant hand contact.

Photos of Automotive, Tire Production Installations

Automotive Technical Specs

Equipment applications	CNC Fabrication, Rubber extruders, Tire building equipment, Internal mixers, Tire conveyors, Elevated conveyors, Storage mezzanines, Equipment platforms.
Possible issues	Space constrained equipment access, fixed or folding ladder hazards, workplace efficiencies.
Products	Alternating Tread Equipment Access Stairs Industrial Crossover Stair Systems, Alternating Tread Crossover Stair Systems Industrial Work Platforms Catwalks Mezzanines
Code Compliance	OSHA IBC Commercial IBC Industrial
Recommended Materials	Powder Coated Carbon Steel, Galvanized, Stainless Steel, Aluminum

About Automotive and Tire Applications

Auto and the Alternating Tread Stair

When assessing opportunities for efficiencies and hazards, there are critical factors you should take into account before setting on a manufacturer. Alternating tread stairs help save 60% more space and eliminate the hazards of climbing ladders. 50% of ladder injuries are a result of climbing while carrying items up and down. Users can safely climb alternating tread stairs with tools or small objects while maintaining 3-point contact.

Space saving

Alternating tread stairs save space for your layout, enabling plant workers to safely carry tools while climbing which improves efficiency.

Eliminating fatigue, injuries

Fixed and temporary ladders are a primary source of fatigue and muscle injury for workers. Alternating tread stairs reduce worker recovery time by up to 54% compared to ships ladders and take 8% less energy to use

More About Lapeyre Stair?

When selecting your next set of stairs, here are few critical factors you should take into account before settling on a manufacturer.

Choose the right material

Galvanized? Aluminum? Powder-coated carbon steel? The choices may seem never ending, but rest assured there are specific applications for each material.

Understanding utility

Understanding the full range of utility your stair systems are expected to provide is worth a call. Our stair experts are standing by to jump on a call or video conference to help you assess the situation.

Measure twice, cut one

OSHA and IBC codes stipulate that certain elements and dimensions fall within specific variances. Lapeyre Stair provides local assistance to ensure that you’re ordering the right configuration and size.

Trust in your manufacturer

When you need to replace or replicate an existing design you need to know the company manufacturing them can deliver exactly what you need, repeatedly. Our precision guarantee and decades of experience mean you can count on it being right, whatever the build and whenever it’s needed.

Customer Care, Precision Guarentee

We are committed to maintaining a state-of-the-art facility to ensure the quality of our products. All of our welders are certified to AWS D1.1 standard; we employ a full-time, certified, weld inspector to conduct 100% weld inspections; and have a 24-hour resolution policy for addressing issues.

Automotive Industry Resources

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Industrial Work Platform Applications

Conveyor Crossovers

OSHA Ladder Safety

Solutions for Any Size

Are you battling unimaginable layouts and obstacles? Put our team of engineers and designers to work solving your access headaches. We’ll work with you to design compliant solutions to your exact needs, down to a fraction of an inch.

Don't just take our word for it

Our standard product designs incorporate interchangeable components that are pre-engineered to comply with applicable codes and standards.

Testimonials

"We extensively use alternating tread stairs from Lapeyre Stair instead of ladders in our plant because they are safer and easier to use. Working with Lapeyre Stair is easy and convenient. We just give them the height and the angle we need and they return with a drawings and quote. We ok the layout, provide a PO number, and the order arrives in two to three weeks. Lapeyre Stair is a pleasure to work with."

"We have used alternating tread stairs from Lapeyre Stair for years and are finding new places to install them all the time. They are safer and easier to climb than a ladder and, when you run out of room for a long set of stairs, they are a great alternative. Customer Service has always been great; they are very patient and helpful; and my orders are correct when they arrive and include all the parts. Alternating tread stairs are easy to install and assemble. I just measure the height of the platform and decide what degree I want. Customer Service quickly responds with a print for approval, we issue a PO, and the order is produced."

"We decided to switch to the alternating tread stair from caged ladders to access our equipment because it provides a safer, easier, and more efficient means of access to the equipment for our clients. The team at Lapeyre Stair has been great to work with. They are very responsive and their quick turnarounds on drawings and fabrication schedules have met the demands of our fast-paced projects."

"Alternating tread stairs from Lapeyre Stair provide access to our machines that is safer and more comfortable than ladders while also saving space over a traditional stair. Lapeyre Stair is our preferred vendor for all of our stair needs. They custom build their products to our exact specifications; their web site makes getting CAD files and ordering easy; their shipping is timely and reliable; and assembly of the stairs is simple."