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Warehouse Heat Safety Spotlight: Preparing for OSHA’s Proposed Heat Rule
What Facility Teams Can Review Before Heat Becomes an Operational Risk Warehouse heat safety is becoming a year-round planning topic for facility managers, safety teams, and operations leaders. While outdoor heat exposure often depends on weather and seasonal conditions, indoor warehouse heat risk can build when warm conditions combine with physical work, limited airflow, and…
Pallet Rack Design To Reduce Stand-Up Forklift Underride Risk
How Pallet Rack Design Affects Forklift Underride Risk Stand-up reach trucks are valuable in high-density storage environments because they support narrower aisles, efficient pallet handling, and strong space utilization. However, the same open-back operator compartment that allows operators to enter and exit the truck efficiently can also create a serious safety concern if the truck…
Protecting Pallet Rack Beams from Impact, Overload, and Other Common Damage | Apex Safety Spotlight
Let’s Talk Pallet Rack Beam Safety When inspecting pallet rack for damage, upright columns usually get most of the attention—and for good reason. Column condition, anchoring, and impact protection are essential to rack performance. But when day-to-day warehouse traffic is hard on a system, another component often deserves a closer look: the beams. Pallet rack…
Spiral Conveyor vs Incline Conveyor: How to Choose Your Vertical Solution
Tips For Choosing Your Vertical Conveyor to Fit Your Building, Product Flow, And Operation When your operation starts building up—mezzanines, pick modules, and higher-volume pick/pack operations—the real challenge is keeping product moving between levels without sacrificing floor space, throughput, or safety. When you’re comparing powered conveyor options for vertical movement, the choice usually comes down…
ASRS Pallet Shuttle Maintenance: Schedule + Complete Checklist
Practical Maintenance Plan for ASRS Pallet Shuttle (2-Way, 4-Way, Mother-Child) Pallet shuttle ASRS are known for their efficiency, storage density, and relatively low maintenance requirements. Like any automated system, they perform best when routine checks and preventive maintenance are built into normal operations. A practical ASRS maintenance plan helps teams keep shuttles moving reliably and…
How to Stack Pallets in Pallet Rack Systems | Apex Safety Spotlight
Best Practices For Double-Stacked Pallet Loads in Pallet Rack Systems Stacking pallets two-high is a simple move that can make a real difference in warehouses. You get more out of the same space, cut down on extra handling, and keep things moving without adding new equipment. But it only works if your racking system is…
What’s the Difference Between Fixed and Flexible Automated Order Picking Systems?
Choosing the Right Automation for Smarter Order Picking Automated order picking can transform warehouse performance — improving speed, accuracy, and labor efficiency. But not all automation fits every fulfillment strategy. The real challenge isn’t whether to automate. It’s understanding when to choose fixed systems like VLMs, carousels, or mini-load ASRS, and when flexible solutions like…
Pallet Rack Maintenance Cart: Safe Access for Deep Lanes
What Is a Pallet Rack Maintenance Cart? Safe, Smart Access for Deep Lane Racking Deep-lane storage systems (push-back, pallet flow, pallet shuttle, ASRS) are great space savers. Well, right up until a pallet tips or a cart jams. At that point, the “easy” options are usually the unsafe ones: overreaching from a lift, treating rack…
Lockout Tagout for Warehouse Automation Explained
Protect Your Team with Safe Maintenance Procedures for Powered Systems Warehouse automation is built for motion, but that same motion can become a serious hazard during maintenance. Automated systems don’t just shut down and sit idle. Even when powered off, they may contain stored energy: electrical charge in capacitors, pressure in pneumatic lines, gravity on…
How to Determine Your Loaded Pallet Capacity for New and Used Pallets
What Warehouse Teams Need to Know About Pallet Capacity Can your pallets actually handle the weight of your inventory, in your building, on your racking, with your equipment? Warehouse managers need to know that their pallets are up to the task. That includes understanding whether pallets can safely handle the loads they carry throughout handling,…
