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10 Reasons to Fix Rack Damage Before It Blows Your Warehouse Budget

10 Reasons to Fix Rack Damage Before It Blows Your Warehouse Budget

When budgets are tight, rack repairs get bumped to “next quarter.” In warehouse safety, “later” can be too late. In modern... More
Guide to Buying Used Racks: 5 Tips from Experts

Guide to Buying Used Racks: 5 Tips from Experts

Used racks are often an attractive choice for warehouse owners: compared to new racking, their costs can be much lower,... More
Pallet Rack Inspection Checklist: What to Check on Your Racks

Pallet Rack Inspection Checklist: What to Check on Your Racks

Pallet rack inspections often reveal recurring conditions that may affect rack stability, load capacity, stored products,... 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
OSHA Pallet Rack Requirements: What Warehouses Must Know

OSHA Pallet Rack Requirements: What Warehouses Must Know

OSHA inspectors regularly cite warehouses for pallet rack problems, yet many operators are surprised to learn there is no... More
5 Ways Rack Management Software Can Boost Your Warehouse Safety Today

5 Ways Rack Management Software Can Boost Your Warehouse Safety Today

Are you confident that the pallet racks in your warehouse are safe and compliant? Pallet racks in a warehouse can be risky... More
Damaged Racks: 5 Steps to Pallet Racking Repair

Damaged Racks: 5 Steps to Pallet Racking Repair

Over their lifetime, racking systems can become damaged from many factors, be they environmental, like rust, from impacts... More
Natural Disasters and Warehouse Racking: How to Prevent Damage

Natural Disasters and Warehouse Racking: How to Prevent Damage

Natural disasters can devastate entire regions, and warehouses containing industrial racking are, unfortunately, not exempt.... More
The Harsh Reality of Pallet Racking Durability

The Harsh Reality of Pallet Racking Durability

Most people view pallet racking as a plain and basic structural design. However, from an engineering point of view, racks... More
CHEAT SHEET: Pallet Rack Damage Priority Classification

CHEAT SHEET: Pallet Rack Damage Priority Classification

To ensure the integrity of your pallet rack systems, it’s essential to understand the various types of damage found on racks... 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.

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