Checking Pallet Racking Systems are Safe for Use

Pallet racking systems or pallet rack shelving must be in perfect operating order within a hard-working and busy warehouse environment. Ensuring your worker’s safety and eliminating the risk of associated warehouse accidents is key to reducing product loss, time loss and potential lawsuits from those injured by the company’s negligence.

Raising Standards

Raising safety standards within the workplace is key to boosting employee morale as well as saving money in the long term by decreasing remedial repairs required to your pallet racking structure.

Most pallet racking incidents occur from proven categories of forklift damage, overloading of the system, inadequate load clearance or poor installation.

Playing a Hand

Correct installation, regular inspections and preventative maintenance all play a huge hand in keeping your overall costs to a minimum. Most often, the damage is inflicted by impact from working equipment in the aisles – mostly forklifts and picking trucks. Uneven loading and overloading also are leading causes of damage.

Many insurance companies will make regular inspections a requirement to be carried out by competent pallet racking safety experts, so ensuring these are introduced from the beginning makes good business sense.

Professional installation is something that simply has to happen to prevent a full collapse in time, as well as the regular inspections on the installation. A professional warehouse storage equipment provider will ensure that all fixtures and fittings are done to compliant standards and provide guidance on the system’s operational and weight limitations – which need to be stuck to.

Precautions

Once the system is installed, a pallet racking safety procedure and safety training programme for immediate reporting and actions around damaged areas of the structure needs to be instilled into your workforce.

After the installation of your warehouse pallet racking system is performed to the correct standard, you need to fit your warehouse with aisle markings, safe working loads signage, strict machinery speed limits and reasonable aisle space – with clear pedestrian space.

Some pallet racking accessories protect your racking system from being struck by forklifts and picking trucks. There are also other accessories to prevent stock items from falling from their shelving space. These can include frame protectors, column guards, rack end protectors, barriers and floor fixings.

Independent Inspection

Once you have had your system installed and these safety measures put in place, you will require an independent initial inspection from an expert to be carried out. This ensures that all problems are identified before they become costly incidents, and can be immediately rectified.

Contact the team at Monarch Shelving today for all pallet racking, pallet rack shelving, and commercial shelving requirements for your warehouse.