If this building or tool room is in a remote location or out in a field where access to the building is difficult, using a lightweight portable step stool that won't tip over because it sinks into the soft ground is your best option for a temporary or portable solution. Oil field workers will grab the nearest object around them to use as a step for the portable building but a block of wood isn't really considered a safe step stool. In fact a random block of wood used as a step stool can be dangerous, especially when workers are carrying heavy tools or equipment in and out the building or storage room.
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Most step stools are designed with legs and should be avoided at all cost for use on soft ground because the legs can sink into the ground when heavy weight such as worker carrying tools steps on it. Attaching a metal stair can solve this problem but if the building is on an incline it may be problematic. A step stool without legs is necessary to keep it from sinking into soft ground and remaining stable even on an incline.
There are environments where the portable buildings are being finished out on the interior and the skid is sitting on concrete until the interior of the portable building is finished and then the building is shipped to it's destination. While this building is being finished electricians and carpenters have to get up and down into the building so using a step stool that won't slide on the concrete floor.
The makers of the Shure-Step safety step stools have taken these problems into consideration when they designed their product. Not only does the Shure-Step have a one-inch perimeter base instead of legs, it also has 6 large rubber pads on the bottom to keep it fro sliding on slick or wet concrete if the portable building is on a concrete pad. The Shure-Step weighs 10 pounds, is made of lightweight polyethylene plastic and will last for years even when left out in the weather.
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