Rack Inspections

Providing Trusted Racking Inspection Services for Warehouses

Here at 1 Stop Material Handling, we have been providing thorough and respected Rack Safety Inspection audits for warehouses like yours for 30+ years.

A pallet racking inspection ensures top-notch safety in your warehouse. Do you know if the racking system in your warehouse is safe? Does your rack system meet current code? Are you ignoring rack damage? Are you covering up damaged frames with column protectors? Has your maintenance crew been welding steel plates over damaged column sections?

Do I Really Need an Inspection?

In the harsh and unpredictable environments presented in most warehouses, an independent and professional inspection of racking systems is the best way to help reduce your legal risks and keep both your warehouse and employees safe. Having a Pallet Rack Safety Inspection completed on a continuous basis cannot be overstated.

Do not put your valuable employees in danger of getting hurt or potentially killed because you are ignoring rack damage, which ultimately could cause a rack collapse that usually continues with a domino effect. Warehouse rack inspections and replacement of damaged products are very serious matters. Don’t become a victim by putting yourself, the company, or vendors at risk of being sued because you are not performing your duties of providing a safe working environment. By not having continuous rack inspections and implementing proper rack replacements, you are putting yourself and your employees in danger.

1 Stop Material Handling offers several different levels of Pallet Rack Safety Inspections and Audits depending upon your needs and requirements. After we conduct a Pallet Rack Safety Inspection, we will provide you with complete details and walk you through your best options and determine how we can best help you.

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Why 1 Stop Material Handling?

1 Stop Material Handling brings extensive experience and knowledge in the material handling industry.  Our team has designed some of the most complex warehouse systems throughout the USA. We understand the local rules and regulations and have a deep knowledge of the compliance regulations and proven practices of our industry.

1 Stop Material Handling provides Rack Inspections all over the US for all types of companies. We Inspect Warehouses from 50,000 sq feet to 2,000,000 square feet for many fortune 1,000 companies.

As a premiere nationwide integrator of storage systems, we strive towards continuing to provide unparalleled expertise and personalized service to our clients while providing our customers with a single source point of contact for support of the project.

Pallet Rack Inspection Protocol:

We come to your location with all the relevant safety equipment to meet all OSHA requirements and be able to perform our work safely, efficiently, and supply you with a full detailed comprehensive written report on the condition of your warehouse racking, including photos of any damage. We bring over 50 years of experience in this business and are very proud of the work we perform for our customers/partners. We designed a special Rack Inspection software system to provide our customer a report that is easy to understand while bringing the warehouse and what issues you have straight to your desk.

We provide the following services for our Visual Rack Inspections:

• We will confirm that racking is used correctly checking beams capacities against pallet weights being used.
• Ensure that safe loading capacities are adhered too.
• Review any changes to the racking system from original design of the system if drawings are provided.  
• Check Frames to make sure they are bolted to the floor as per code.
• Check all anchors to make sure they are all bolted into concrete.    
• Check front columns, column protectors, diagonals, horizontal bracing, tears in the frames where beam connector and teardrop column meet.
• Check beam end connectors for cracks, and bulges, from hits from fork truck forks from underneath.
• Look for load capacities or labels on beams to check if they conform to OSHA.
• We also provide capacity labels as an extra charge after inspection is completed if you require this service.
• We provide Inspections services to all different company from ambient temperature to coolers, freezers.
• Checking for end of isle barrier rail to protect system from stacking product against the Racking.
• We can send you a sample report for your viewing.
• We will do engineering calculations on beams we are concerned they do not meet the weight requirements.
• Many times, over a 20-year period a racking system that were originally designed to cope with certain weights has changed due to changes in different pallet weights, new products and different personnel.     

Inspections shall also include checking racking for:

• Overall Damage
• Wear and Tear
• Deterioration
• Overloading  
• Pins and connectors in-place

Solutions:

• Provide Visual Rack Inspection of existing racking facility and prepare comprehensive full written report of the visual findings including photos.
• Recommendations to rectify all discrepancies or concerns.
• If requested by the customer we can design and engineer any new products damaged and will provide a written quote and structural analysis of these new products you may purchase to bring your warehouse into compliance.
• We can provide annual inspections to make sure the warehouse is being kept up to the standards required.  

Additional Services:

• We provide consultancy advise, layout drawings, Permit services, designed and engineered different types of systems best suited to customer’s needs.
• We provide a one stop turnkey solution for all your Warehouse needs.
• We design all our New Pallet Racking systems both Rolled Formed and Structural to meet ANSI and all local codes and seismic requirements by a professional licensed structural engineer. We also provide Signed & Sealed Calculations & Drawings for all our new rack systems upon receipt of an order.
• We provide Quality Rack installation, and our responsibility includes quality of workmanship, meeting installation schedule and complying with installation drawings and manufacturers specifications.
• We can quote both Union and Non-Union Installation all over the USA.
• AutoCAD Design and Layout
• Structural Engineering
• Permitting Expertise
• Seismic Analysis
• Shipment Coordination
• Project Management
• Providing Materials on site.
• Installations
• Nationwide Service
• Rack Inspection for the entire USA

A few things to remember in regards to pallet rack safety:

• Any damages that have been identified as needing immediate replacements should be properly marked to ensure the bay or aisle of rack be unloaded and cordoned off with safety tape until replacements are completed.
• If you have a high level of damage, you should consider adding column protection to all frames that pass inspection to help lessen the constant replacement of frames, which can become very expensive over time.
• All wire decks are stated for uniformly distributed loads. If you have pallets that are fully resting on the wire deck, it’s recommended to have heavier wire deck with additional channels to support the load.

Some of Our Customers:

• IPG
• Avery Dennison
• Shell Oil
• T J Maxx
• Ford
• Siemens
• West Pharmaceuticals
• Pepsi Beverages
• Coca Cola
• Rust-oleum
• Boston Beer
• Instrumentation Laboratory
• Atlas Distributing
• Cummins
• Avery Dennison
• IPG
• Royal Metal Products
• Parker Hannifin
• Werfen/ Instrumentation Labs
• Grabber Inc.
• US Government Dept of Navy

Want to learn more about how 1 Stop Material Handling can help keep your warehouse safe?

Rack Inspections are crucial when it comes to ensuring warehouse safety. For more information regarding Pallet Rack Safety Inspections and how we can help your company, please contact us today for a free quote at (800)-640-5723 or click “More Info” and leave us your details.