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We have just had some racking assembled in a newly built warehouse, this was done by Link 51 who from start to finish carried out an excellent operation from documents supplied prior to work commencing to signing off the work carried out. The question I have is after the work was done the warehouse supervisor decided that some of the beams were not where he wanted them so lifted them out and re-fitted them at the heights that he wanted them to be, I have stated that in my opinion he should not have done this as he is neither trained or qualified to do it. Am I right?
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Are you suggesting that every adjustment must be made by an external contractor? More correctly why was the sign off not completed by those who are expected to use the racking?
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Are you suggesting that every adjustment must be made by an external contractor? More correctly why was the sign off not completed by those who are expected to use the racking?
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Second paragraph from the bottom of page 111 of HSG76 is quite clear on alteration of racking if that is any help?
Has the warehouse manager been trained to the required standard?
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Whislt adjustable pallet racking is adjustable, there are limits. The load notices state (or should) state the height to the first beam and then the pitch between beams therafter. SEMA standards (ISO-15620) usually allow for beams to be adjusted within 200mm of design. Where you go outwith this parameter, you should ask for new loading calculations to be conducted and load notices replaced to reflect this.
It is essential that load beam locking pins are replaced at both ends of each beam, these are often left out.
More than happy to help if you want to PM me
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Doug
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Just to confirm what Douglas in particular has said the safe working load of the racking is affected by the position of the load beams, new calculations and new SWL plates will be needed to reflect the changes. It would have been better to identify these requirements when planning the racking but then everyone has 20:20 vision with hindsight. Depending on the quality of your racking (there are light, medium and heavy duty grades) the affect of different beam positions will be more or less important where the SWL is concerned, so you need to know your racking intimately. I would suggest that you get the racking fitters / designers back in to look at the changes, rework the SWL information and then get at least two people trained to SEMA standard on racking inspection and you need some form of mechanism in place to ensure that none of your managers can over rule what the racking inspectors find during their assessments or the advice that they give as a result of the inspection. You also need to put a contract in place for annual inspection by an external competent person as a double check on your internal inspections. If you doubt that this is needed then You Tube can provide you with plenty of evidence as to why this is essential.
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