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10 Reasons Warehouse Safety Delivers ROI Beyond Compliance

10 Reasons Warehouse Safety Delivers ROI Beyond Compliance

In a supply chain world ruled by speed, uptime, and razor-thin margins, it’s tempting to focus on output and delay... More
Racking Protection and Warehouse Safety Barriers: Smart Investment

Racking Protection and Warehouse Safety Barriers: Smart Investment

From high-volume distribution centers to busy manufacturing plants, every warehouse shares a common reality: accidents are... More
7 Reasons Every Cosmetic Warehouse Needs Safer Racking

7 Reasons Every Cosmetic Warehouse Needs Safer Racking

In the world of cosmetics, where beauty products are delicate, compliance is strict, and consumer expectations are sky-high,... More
Loading Dock Safety: 6 Proven Best Practices That Cut Accident Risk

Loading Dock Safety: 6 Proven Best Practices That Cut Accident Risk

Loading docks are among the busiest areas in a warehouse, making them vulnerable to accidents and damage. 25% of all... More
Aisle Guard vs. End Guard: Choosing End-of-Row Protection

Aisle Guard vs. End Guard: Choosing End-of-Row Protection

The end of a row is the highest-traffic zone in most warehouses — where forklifts turn, reverse, and pass closest to the... More
6 Types of Pallet Rack Protectors: Which to Use and When

6 Types of Pallet Rack Protectors: Which to Use and When

A single forklift tap on a rack upright rarely stays a single tap. A bent front column loses load capacity, the bay above it... More
7 Benefits of Repair vs. Replace: Best Solutions for Rack Damage

7 Benefits of Repair vs. Replace: Best Solutions for Rack Damage

Imagine this: your warehouse is running smoothly, meeting deadlines, and keeping customers happy. Suddenly, a forklift... More
Forklift Rack Guards: How to Protect Pallet Racks From Impact Damage

Forklift Rack Guards: How to Protect Pallet Racks From Impact Damage

A single forklift hit at the base of an upright rarely stays a dent. It bends the column, reduces the rack’s load-carrying... More
Top Warehouse Rack Collapse Video Fails - Forklift Accidents Lessons

Top Warehouse Rack Collapse Video Fails - Forklift Accidents Lessons

It is a warehouse manager and worker’s worst nightmare: a sudden and harrowing collapse of a pallet racking system. One... 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
Storage Rack Guards: Your First Line of Defense Against Damage

Storage Rack Guards: Your First Line of Defense Against Damage

Warehouses and other industrial facilities all have two things in common: They all have racking systems These racking... More
How to Choose the Right Rack Safety Products for Your Warehouse

How to Choose the Right Rack Safety Products for Your Warehouse

Adopting a safety-focused mindset is an excellent start to addressing rack safety in your warehouse. But with so many... More
Safety Tactics to Eliminate Rack Damage in Your Warehouse

Safety Tactics to Eliminate Rack Damage in Your Warehouse

Even the smallest structural damage on your pallet racking should be investigated as it could eventually cause a racking... More
Wire Mesh Decking & Rack Tunnels: Key to OSHA-Ready Warehouses

Wire Mesh Decking & Rack Tunnels: Key to OSHA-Ready Warehouses

In addition to ensuring the conformity of his pallet racks, an employer must also make sure that pallet loads and goods are... 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
Minimum Distances Between Pallets, Rack Systems & Building Structures

Minimum Distances Between Pallets, Rack Systems & Building Structures

Quick answer: What clearance is needed for pallet racking? Pallet rack clearance depends on what you are measuring. As a... 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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