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Best Solutions for Sinking Concrete Slabs in Warehouses

Best Solutions for Sinking Concrete Slabs in Warehouses

Warehouses can be subjected to structural problems in their lifespan that can affect their operational, management, and... More
Main Actors in the Warehouse Racking Industry

Main Actors in the Warehouse Racking Industry

Most industries, if not all, are faced with regulations imposed by federal or local governments to ensure the safety of... More
Top 10 Supply Chain & Logistics Industry Events Happening This Year

Top 10 Supply Chain & Logistics Industry Events Happening This Year

While the coronavirus pandemic certainly changed the face of conferences and events, that doesn’t necessarily mean things... More
Rack Damage Assessment: The 1-2-3 Rule Explained

Rack Damage Assessment: The 1-2-3 Rule Explained

After completing a rack safety inspection for your warehouse, you might have identified damage to the uprights, braces,... 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
Work Platforms and Mezzanines: What Are the Distinctions?

Work Platforms and Mezzanines: What Are the Distinctions?

The size of warehouses has been significantly increasing over the years. When you think of warehouse size, the first reflex... 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
How to Handle Hazardous Materials Safely & Prevent Warehouse Incidents

How to Handle Hazardous Materials Safely & Prevent Warehouse Incidents

Across North America, many warehouses are used for the storage of hazardous materials. From gas cylinders to liquid paint,... More
Rack Bracing Damage: Repair or Replace?

Rack Bracing Damage: Repair or Replace?

If you are an owner of pallet racking systems, you are most likely no stranger to twisted or sheared upright legs, deflected... More
Robotics, Automation & Augmented Reality in Warehousing

Robotics, Automation & Augmented Reality in Warehousing

Warehouses have been operated conventionally for a long time. Labor workers have had to physically handle products from the... More
5 Essential Rack Safety Tools to Help You Succeed in 2021

5 Essential Rack Safety Tools to Help You Succeed in 2021

As we wind down from this incredibly unusual year, anything that can make running a safe warehouse a little easier and... More
Warehouse Safety Roundup: Top 5 Blogs of 2020

Warehouse Safety Roundup: Top 5 Blogs of 2020

Over the last year, we have shared our expertise on a variety of topics with the goal of educating those in the supply chain... More
Warehouse Safety Checklist: A Rack Owner's Responsibilities

Warehouse Safety Checklist: A Rack Owner's Responsibilities

As an Engineer, I buy, read, and apply North American rack design codes because that is my main focus. Rack owners are... 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
Common Forklift Accidents: Causes & How to Prevent Forklift Accidents

Common Forklift Accidents: Causes & How to Prevent Forklift Accidents

Often referred to as the “workhorses” of both the warehousing and construction industries, the forklift is a powerful... 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

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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