Specification
Precautions
To reduce the risk of goods falling from racks, where there is a risk of injury to personnel,
effective preventative measures should be taken. This is particularly important along
passageways and order picking areas adjacent to racking or shelving.
Protection
The careless use of mechanical handling equipment can damage the storage equipment components and impair its safety. Minor impact damage to uprights can severely reduce the safe carrying capacity of an upright. Where impacts on the storage equipment are likely to occur, upright protectors should be specified. Storage layouts should be designed to ensure aisles of adequate width are provided. In determining the minimum aisle widths and gangways, consideration must also be given to the provision of upright protectors. Generally, these should be sited on uprights at the corners of aisles and gangways or the entry face of drive-in racking. They should be made conspicuous by a highly visible colour. Floor mounted column protectors are the most popular and are fixed to the floor immediately in front of the rack frame. Alternatively, structural steel
barriers can be installed to provide maximum protection for exposed rack ends.
Flooring
With a new warehouse facility, the floor should be designed to support the imposed loads from the storage equipment and to be suitable to accommodate the floor fixings to be used. With an existing warehouse floor it will be necessary to obtain sufficient information to confirm that the imposed loads from the racking or shelving can be safely supported without causing deformation of the floor. This may cause the rack to move out of plumb or create problems for truck traffic operating in the area. Equally, the existing floor level conditions should be confirmed suitable prior to installation of racking or selection of specialised handling equipment.
Link 51 Health & Safety
guide to pallet racking and
manual handling
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