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How to Evaluate Pallet Rack Deflection for Uprights, Struts, & Beams | Apex Safety Spotlight
Your pallet rack system supports a maximum load capacity. Each component is connected to work in tandem to deliver safe inventory storage. When conducting routine pallet rack inspections, it is important to look for deflection in uprights, beams, and struts. It’s a little harder to detect vs. more obvious system damage resulting from equipment…
Pallet Stops Are a Go When It Comes to Warehouse Safety
Why are Load Stops an Important Piece of Pallet Rack System Design? Pallet rack systems provide efficient, space-saving industrial storage. The safety features built into the rack design ensure its strength and stability under enormous load capacities and against external factors such as equipment strikes and even seismic activity. Although we often consider rack protection…
Full Stop! Keep the Flue Space Clear with Wire Backstops & Dividers
Wire Dividers & Backstops for Safer, Streamlined Hand Stacking Hand stacking inventory on pallet rack shelves makes items easily accessible for Split Case, Open Case, and Case Pick operations. A cost-effective way to organize SKUs in the pick area and, in most cases, improve pick speed and accuracy is to install wire dividers in…
What are the Top 10 OSHA Inspection Areas for Warehouse Safety? | Apex Safety Spotlight
How Would Your Facility Score on Workplace Safety? We all appreciate the work of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) work to keep our workplaces safe and productive. It’s been 40 years since the establishment of OSHA, and the drop in workplace fatalities and serious injury have precipitously dropped despite an increase in workforce…
Eye Protection is More than Just Good Optics | Apex Safety Spotlight
Does Your Corporate Vision Include Eye Protection? According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH), May is National Healthy Vision Month. Perhaps surprisingly, over 2,000 workers receive treatment for eye injuries sustained on the job every day. That’s a significant number. While every injury is not preventable, adhering to safety protocols and…
Industrial Mezzanines – Weighty Decisions to Determine Capacity & Design
Industrial Mezzanine Design – Building for Safe Load Capacities As everyone strives to maximize warehouse cube space, mezzanine design has emerged as a popular solution to create highly functional and economical workspaces while taking advantage of floor space, vertical space, and everywhere in between. From single-level storage and personnel spaces to multi-level pick modules and…
5 Steps to an Effective Warehouse Maintenance Plan | Apex Safety Spotlight
Developing a Warehouse Maintenance Plan Executing an ongoing warehouse maintenance plan is necessary to achieve safe warehouse operations and abiding by OSHA guidelines for operating a safe workplace. A maintenance plan includes realistic measurements and expectations that regularly attend to systems, vehicles, and functions within your facility. Your maintenance plan will consist of inspecting, cleaning,…
No Need to Reinvent the Wheel — Carton Flow Rack Delivers for Order Picking
Dynamic Carton Flow Rack Brings Order & Efficiency to Picking & Fulfillment There is no denying the need for faster, more productive, and smaller order fulfillment across many sectors and most significantly in retail and food distribution. Pre-2020, many warehouse and distribution managers were already dealing with challenges from a tighter, aging labor force and…
7 Steps to Used Pallet Rack Success
How to Know If Used Rack is the Way to Go Steel pallet rack systems are built to last. Often, they even outlast the business or purpose they were designed to support. When that happens, the rack is dismantled and sold as a unit or for parts, which can be a big cost-saver for someone…
The Discerning Characteristics of a Warehouse vs a Fulfillment Center
What’s the Most Cost-Effective Use of a Warehouse and/or Fulfillment Center? While these terms are often used interchangeably and frequently intersect, there are fundamental operational differences that distinguish warehouses from fulfillment centers. Both play a key role in the e-commerce landscape as more individuals and businesses shift toward online shopping, so understanding what sets these…
