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10 Common Warehouse Injuries (+ Proven Ways to Prevent Them)

10 Common Warehouse Injuries (+ Proven Ways to Prevent Them)

In 2024, U.S. warehouses logged an injury rate of 4.8 cases per 100 FTEs, outpacing other sectors. Behind the pallets and... 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
CapEx vs. OpEx for Warehouse Racks: How to Budget Smarter in 2026

CapEx vs. OpEx for Warehouse Racks: How to Budget Smarter in 2026

Is repairing a rack a capital expense or just an operating cost? Capital vs. operating expenses can be confusing, especially... More
Choosing a Rack Safety Partner: Your Guide to the RFP Process

Choosing a Rack Safety Partner: Your Guide to the RFP Process

Is your warehouse a haven of productivity, or a potential safety hazard waiting to happen? Warehouse accidents involving... 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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