COMPLIANCE & RISK ASSESSMENT
• Step 2: Establish who is at risk of injury. • Step 3: Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions. • Step 4: Record your findings and implement them.
• Step 5: Review your risk assessment and update if necessary.
The organisation of weekly, visual racking inspections can be slightly more challenging, but it’s undoubtedly one of the essential elements of your storage safety regime – and a necessary part of any effort to maintain legal compliance.
To implement an inspection, you’ll need to start by appointing a technically competent person responsible for scheduling, performing and recording all reviews. This designated person should receive training to assess the condition of racking storage systems accurately. Once trained, they will review the premises, looking for any sign of:
• Damaged, worn or compromised racking columns or support beams.
• Damaged or worn racking decks or shelves. • Worn or damaged bolts or fixings. • Damaged or ineffective lighting.
• Signs of any accidental damage from collisions with forklift trucks or similar.
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Your PRRS will also need to check that operatives comply with the manufacturer’s stated operating clearances for pallet equipment and ensure that all dedicated storage areas’ temperature and humidity levels are within acceptable limits.
Suppose you’re using a complex pallet racking system or similar. In that case, your designated staff member will also need to check that all pallets are in good condition, that operators are using material handling correctly and that any areas of damaged racking are marked and cordoned off correctly.
This can be challenging, so some companies prefer to outsource their racking inspections to a third- party contractor like United Storage Systems but it is possible to train staff to carry out strict racking inspections in-house.
It’s also important to note that attempting to remove, repair or replace any damaged racking yourself does violate SEMA guidelines.
In fact, any alterations to racking or storage equipment must be installed by a trained specialist who has referred to the original manufacturer or supplier, so if you’re trying to ensure compliance, make sure you contact a racking specialist before attempting any remedial work.
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