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A Look at OSHA’s Warehousing NEP: Is Your Rack Safety Program Ready?

A Look at OSHA’s Warehousing NEP: Is Your Rack Safety Program Ready?

Warehousing and distribution centers have experienced remarkable growth in the last decade, employing over 1.9 million... More
Top 10 Things to Know About Cantilevered Racking

Top 10 Things to Know About Cantilevered Racking

Cantilevered pallet racking is a versatile solution for optimizing warehouse storage space, particularly for items that defy... More
Implementing a Rack Safety Program: Key Steps for Warehouse Managers

Implementing a Rack Safety Program: Key Steps for Warehouse Managers

As a warehouse manager, ensuring the safety and well-being of your employees, visitors, and equipment is paramount. Rack... More
Warehouse Safety: Answering the Top 5 Questions on Pallet Racks

Warehouse Safety: Answering the Top 5 Questions on Pallet Racks

Pallet racks are a crucial part of any warehouse or storage facility. However, with the benefits of warehouse racks come... More
Minimum Distances Between Pallet Racking Systems & Building Structures

Minimum Distances Between Pallet Racking Systems & Building Structures

Looking for warehouse racking safety guidelines?Here's what you need to know about clearances in the warehouse. Our daily... More
Pallet Racking Weight Capacity: Why Warehouse Operators Need LARCs

Pallet Racking Weight Capacity: Why Warehouse Operators Need LARCs

Enhancing warehouse safety and efficiency with pallet rack load capacities and LARCs Pallet racks are designed to store... More
5 Tips on How to Inspect Racking Systems

5 Tips on How to Inspect Racking Systems

We all know how important it is to inspect racking systems to identify issues or damage that may compromise the safety of... More
Management 101: How to Maximize Your Warehouse Space Utilization

Management 101: How to Maximize Your Warehouse Space Utilization

While maximizing warehouse space is a concern for many businesses, some may be unable to afford a larger warehouse.... More
Everything Health & Safety Managers Need to Know About Rack Safety

Everything Health & Safety Managers Need to Know About Rack Safety

A health and safety manager ensures employees are safe at work and that storage systems, such as pallet racks, are safe for... More
Unlocking the Benefits of ProMat 2023: How to Maximize Your Visit

Unlocking the Benefits of ProMat 2023: How to Maximize Your Visit

Tradeshows are back in full swing more than ever, and in 2023 you won’t want to miss ProMat, the largest international... More
Let’s Set Something Straight…Your Pallet Racking Stability!

Let’s Set Something Straight…Your Pallet Racking Stability!

Do you know the difference between an out-of-plumb and out-of-straight rack upright? Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, the Tower... More
Pallet Rack Height & Depth: A Ratio to Improve Rack Stability

Pallet Rack Height & Depth: A Ratio to Improve Rack Stability

With our minds turned to efficiency and cost considerations, the increasing density of warehouse storage space brings its... More
How to Identify & Assess Pallet Rack Damage

How to Identify & Assess Pallet Rack Damage

The concept of addressing rack damage seems simple: You spot a dented column or brace and you decide whether you would like... More
Q&A with Rack Safety Expert Dan Bider, Technical Director at Damotech

Q&A with Rack Safety Expert Dan Bider, Technical Director at Damotech

Dan Bider is a busy rack specialist and Technical Director at Damotech, a company whose mission is to safeguard pallet... More
Legal Responsibilities Surrounding Damage to Pallet Racks in Canada

Legal Responsibilities Surrounding Damage to Pallet Racks in Canada

Did you know that in Canada, only an engineer who is a member of a professional order has the authority and insurance to... More
Improving Rack Safety Through Regular Inspections

Improving Rack Safety Through Regular Inspections

Where there are forklifts, there is bound to be damaged warehouse-racking components. Lift trucks, pallet jacks, and other... More
PSR - What You Should Know About Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews

PSR - What You Should Know About Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews

In Ontario (Canada), a PSR process is required by the Ontario Health and Safety Act, to identify any safety concerns with... More
How to Deal with Pallet Rack Deflection

How to Deal with Pallet Rack Deflection

Everything you need to know about pallet rack beam deflection Everything has its limit. Whether it is the speed limit on the... More
Pallet Rack Anchors: Small but Essential

Pallet Rack Anchors: Small but Essential

ANSI/RMI standards require pallet rack anchors for all column bases in every storage rack system. Why are such small... More
Parking Your Pallet at the Drive-In

Parking Your Pallet at the Drive-In

Proper drive-in and drive-thru operating sequence for safe operations and pallet rack organization. Learn more about... More

About the Damotech Rack Safety Blog

Our goal is to educate and inform those in the constantly evolving supply chain and manufacturing industry about the latest trends and best practices in warehouse safety. With a focus on topics such as rack inspection, load capacity, rack damage prevention, rack repair, and safety management, we aim to empower our readers to take ownership of their warehouses' most valuable asset: their racking systems.

Meticulously written and reviewed by our team of in-house engineers specialized in pallet racks, our blog articles provide warehouse owners, managers, health and safety managers, engineers, and workers with useful information related to their day-to-day activities. Among the topics covered in the blog are warehouse rack safety standards and guidelines (OSHA), the impact of seismic activity on racks, how to identify and assess pallet rack damage, general warehouse safety tips, main events in the supply chain industry, and many more.

We also offer free downloadable educational tools and how-to guides like checklists, posters, guides, webinars, and videos that can easily be used by any professional in the warehousing industry to improve safety in and around their racking systems. Browse through our extensive list of blog articles to stay up to date on the latest and best practices surrounding warehouse rack safety and subscribe to our blog newsletter to receive email alerts when new blog posts are published.

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