If you operate an industrial warehouse storage system in York, then two documents outline your requirements when it comes to ensuring your installation remains safe: the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and the HSE’s warehousing guide.

The first document places a legal obligation on you to ensure that the people designing and installing your York pallet racking are qualified to do the job. The second requires you to carry out regular checks of your York pallet racking, and once a year to have the installation audited by an expert.

They should then produce a report of issues identified and recommendations made.

Rack-Master is the York warehouse racking specialist that designs, installs and maintains all forms of pallet racking, industrial warehouse storage and mezzanine flooring to HSE and SEMA standards.

How to check your York warehouse pallet racking

While you’ll need the involvement of a racking compliance specialist like Rack-Master once a year, you can appoint any responsible person within the business to carry out the more frequent checks.

Amongst the items they should include within their checks are:

• Condition of your York pallet racking. Look for dents or bent sections, particularly at forklift height
• Condition of racking guards
• Condition of pallets
• The location of pallets on beams, and loads on pallets (ie ensure they are not overhanging the beam/pallet edge)
• Condition of flooring on which the pallet racking stands

Call Rack-Master

For industrial storage design, installation and maintenance – and to ensure your warehouse storage system complies with your legal obligations, protects your people and products, and protects your business - call Rack-Master now on 01422 300 644 or email us at info@rack-master.co.uk

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