SOME EXPERIENCES FROM THE PRACTICE ABOUT RESULTS AND IMPORTANCE OF WAREHOUSE RACKING INSPECTION

Abstract

Without implementation of regular inspections and proactive maintenance, normal functioning, health and safety can be endangered in any industrial system. When discussing about high warehouse pallet racking these activities are necessary to ensure storing of heavy-duty goods as safe as possible in the long term. According to the health and safety standards and regulations in the field of racking systems, each organization has to follow stringently all prescribed guidelines starting from the phase of design, over production, installation and up to usage of racking equipment. This paper brings some data collected from the practice after implemented procedures of regular inspections of pallet racking systems within several organizations. Some conclusions have been drawn about the types, locations and way of creation of the most common damages, possible preventive measures and, in connection with that, racking system functioning improvement at all.