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Posted By Alan Oakley-Jones
Hi
Can anybody point me in the right direction regarding the marking of racking.
We have a service centre with a small stores area for holding consumables for the UK. The racking is a maximum of 3 metres tall and is of the beam and post type. We load pallets of products onto these, using an electric forklift.
Although this not a warehouse per say, would we have to mark up the racking or is there a maximum hieght before this applies. I have checked SEMA's website but there is not much info readily available there.
Thanks in advance
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Posted By justgossip
safe working load sign which indicates total safe load and safe load for each bay
garry
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Posted By Alan Oakley-Jones
That is what I beleive, however is there a standard or regualtions that state this, I need this as justifiaction for action.
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Posted By A Campbell
Alan,
You do not indicate the size with regards to weights and amount... is this rack in long length, would loads be moved regularly e.g. daily, weekly or more?
For starters you would require a risk assessment (Management of H&S Regs)
If there is a risk of collapse due to excessive load bearing you would need to consider a safe working load via a racking company - in addition you may wish to ask your insurance provider.
The racking would require regular inspection, possibly include annual inspection by specialised company
Training required.
Obviously use of fork lift equipment - LOLER
And all under HSAW etc Act... nothing new there!
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Posted By clairel
The HSE produce a publication on Warehousing and (HSG76) it includes this subject (if it is proof you are after) but it is a priced publication.
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Posted By Alan Oakley-Jones
Hi thanks to all, I have competed a RA as standard practise/basics and observed the fundamentals of HSWA and associated regs such as MHSWR and LOLER.
The standards/regs/ guidelines help when challenged internal especially when it comes to cost spend, I am sure other safety practioners have hit this hurdle, sometimes often.
Cheers once again
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