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Lowe’s Warehouses: Examining Warehouse Safety Strategies

Lowe’s Warehouses: Examining Warehouse Safety Strategies

Did you know that one of Lowe’s fulfillment centers has the capacity to accommodate 22 football fields? Have you ever... More
Top Warehouse Rack Collapse Videos - Safety Lessons from Forklift Accidents

Top Warehouse Rack Collapse Videos - Safety Lessons from Forklift Accidents

It is a warehouse manager and worker’s worst nightmare: a sudden and harrowing collapse of a pallet racking system. One... More
7 Amazon Warehouse Safety Tips For Your Workplace

7 Amazon Warehouse Safety Tips For Your Workplace

We're not telling you anything you don’t already know: Amazon is the undisputed leader in the online retail industry.... More
Top 100 Inspirational Safety Quotes for Your Workplace

Top 100 Inspirational Safety Quotes for Your Workplace

Safety Quote of the Day Is your team suffering from a severe case of meetingitis? Find your safety quote of the day and... More
10 Essential Workplace Safety Tips for Every Warehouse Worker

10 Essential Workplace Safety Tips for Every Warehouse Worker

While warehouses are essential for the supply chain, warehouse work often involves heavy equipment, high shelves, and... More
5 Tips to Help You Make the Most Out of MODEX 2024

5 Tips to Help You Make the Most Out of MODEX 2024

Trade shows like MODEX provide many opportunities to explore the latest industry trends, connect with experts, and discover... More
Warehouse Rack Maintenance: How to Maximize Lifespan and Savings

Warehouse Rack Maintenance: How to Maximize Lifespan and Savings

Pallet racks are the backbone of your storage and organization system, ensuring that products are stored safely and... More
10 Skills Every Warehouse Manager Needs to Succeed

10 Skills Every Warehouse Manager Needs to Succeed

Warehouse management is essential to the success of any supply chain operation. It requires a wide range of soft and... More
Employer’s Guide: 10 Proven Tips to Enhance Warehouse Worker Safety

Employer’s Guide: 10 Proven Tips to Enhance Warehouse Worker Safety

Why invest in warehouse worker safety? The U.S. warehousing and storage industry employs over 1,000,000 workers in more than... More
8 Rack Safety Budget Planning Mistakes

8 Rack Safety Budget Planning Mistakes

In warehouse management, rack safety often goes unnoticed in budget discussions. But what if we told you that overlooking... More
Pallet Rack Safety Pins: Extra Security in a Tiny Package

Pallet Rack Safety Pins: Extra Security in a Tiny Package

What is a Safety Pin? When you think of a safety pin, the first thing that may come to mind is a pin commonly used for... More
5 Surprising Warehouse Safety Statistics

5 Surprising Warehouse Safety Statistics

In recent decades, the global economy has witnessed significant changes, accompanied by a surge in consumer demand. This... More
OSHA: Answers to Most Commonly Asked Questions

OSHA: Answers to Most Commonly Asked Questions

If you work in the United States, no matter if it’s in construction, warehousing, manufacturing, or any other field, chances... 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
Costco’s Operations Strategy: Decoding Its Warehousing Approach

Costco’s Operations Strategy: Decoding Its Warehousing Approach

Costco Wholesale Corporation, a leading global retailer consistently ranked among the top five, owes much of its success to... More
Most Common OSHA Violations in Warehouses During 2022

Most Common OSHA Violations in Warehouses During 2022

Safety standards are implemented for the well-being of employers and their workers. As an agency under the United States... More
Test Your Knowledge Quiz: Pallet Rack Safety

Test Your Knowledge Quiz: Pallet Rack Safety

Online quiz games and free online trivia games are some of the most effective ways to test one’s understanding of a certain... More
Tornadoes and Warehouse Safety: How to Protect Pallet Racking Systems

Tornadoes and Warehouse Safety: How to Protect Pallet Racking Systems

Did you know that, between 2017 and 2021, tornadoes caused nearly 7,2 billion dollars in property damages in the United... More
5 Free Tools to Increase the Safety of Your Warehouse in 2023

5 Free Tools to Increase the Safety of Your Warehouse in 2023

Warehouse racking accidents are a large concern when it comes to safety. According to OSHA (OccupationalSafety and Health... 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
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
10 Ways to Downsize Your Warehouse Operations When Velocity Slows Down

10 Ways to Downsize Your Warehouse Operations When Velocity Slows Down

Warehouse operations are a critical component of any supply chain. Still, as the velocity of the movement of goods slows... 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
Warehouse Racking Issues: 6 Causes That Aren’t Related to Forklifts

Warehouse Racking Issues: 6 Causes That Aren’t Related to Forklifts

When considering causes of damage and issues with industrial racking, forklifts immediately spring to mind. Because of their... More
Pallet Rack Modifications: How They Affect Load Capacity

Pallet Rack Modifications: How They Affect Load Capacity

Pallet racks are very flexible and versatile structures. They offer the possibility to place beams at various heights to... More
Column Protectors: How to Prevent Costly Damage to Buildings

Column Protectors: How to Prevent Costly Damage to Buildings

When it comes to protecting our buildings from vehicle collisions, the first thing that comes to mind is shielding the main... More
Better Warehouse Maintenance: National Retail Chain Saves $10M a Year

Better Warehouse Maintenance: National Retail Chain Saves $10M a Year

Challenges are abundant in the retail industry. Large retailers with hundreds of locations all over North America must... More
How Warehouse Management Software Can Improve Operations

How Warehouse Management Software Can Improve Operations

Among the main concerns of warehouse managers, safety issues are at the top of the list. In an industrial setting, a single... More
Top 5 Supply Chain & Manufacturing Industry Events In 2022-2023

Top 5 Supply Chain & Manufacturing Industry Events In 2022-2023

No matter how easy it has become to get information about new technologies and products online, there is still something to... More
10 Common Rack Repair Myths Debunked

10 Common Rack Repair Myths Debunked

If you walk through any warehouse, chances are you have witnessed impact damage on pallet racking systems. Over 85% of rack... More
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2021 from the Warehouse Industry

Top 10 Blog Posts of 2021 from the Warehouse Industry

Read about the best practices and trends of this year How would you define 2021, as a professional in the warehouse... More
Safety Bars: Essential Fall Prevention Items for Your Pallet Racks

Safety Bars: Essential Fall Prevention Items for Your Pallet Racks

How to use safety bars to prevent accidents in your warehouse More
The 5 Most Common Warehouse Management Pitfalls

The 5 Most Common Warehouse Management Pitfalls

Warehouse Management: Avoiding These 5 Common Pitfalls Will Save You Time Warehouses vary in size, location, climate, and... More
Life at Damotech: Engineering

Life at Damotech: Engineering

Members of the engineering team at Damotech are talented, resilient, constantly learning, detail-oriented, and always ready... 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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