While these more affordable options are tempting, you get what you pay for. Regarding installation, steel guards are usually bolted to the ground, while guards made of plastic or foam and are simply clipped (Figure 3) or strapped on to the upright (Figure 4). Many of these cheaper options come in fixed sizes and colors that cannot be customized to accommodate various uprights with different styles of base plates (Figure 2). There are low quality pallet rack safety guards being sold that are made of thinner steel and those that are made of plastic. There are many different types of upright guards on the market and not all are one and the same. High-grade structural steel rack upright guards. By protecting your uprights with a rack guard, you are proactively minimizing the chances of damage to your racking.įigure 1. Many of these types of guards can also be customized to accommodate several base plate styles (including seismic base plates). A bolt-on installation with screw-type concrete anchors is the ultimate way to enforce your upright, but also minimize the number of holes drilled into the warehouse floor. The addition of a bullnose is added protection against shearing of the anchors by the forks of a forklift truck. They are made of thick, structural steel with a heavy gauge that will offer true impact resistance. They can be customized to any height, depth, and color (usually safety yellow or orange). These guards are usually bolted on to the front of the upright and wrap around the sides. With many different rack protection products on the market to choose from, high-quality options are the way to go (Figure 1). This is your first line of defense against damage. There is a product that can not only protect your racking systems, but also prolong their lifespan. “Over 85% of rack damage occurs in the bottom 24 inches.” Rack Upright Protection: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Truth The Good A first step in warehouse safety is to protect the areas of high risk of impact, which in the case of racking, is the bottom part of the rack uprights. Therefore, it is important to be proactive and use protective products that can help your rack uprights resist unavoidable collisions. If a rack collapses, it can cause damage to stocked items, injure employees, and even cause fatalities. The repeated impact can potentially result in a catastrophic collapse of a racking system. To learn more about the frequent ways forklift trucks damage racks, read this article. This impact can result in major damage to the racking system and put employees in danger because racking is not designed to resist impact and accumulated damages over time. Forklift operators are often in a hurry and can cut corners too sharply or strike a pallet rack while loading it with goods. Warehouses and other industrial facilities all have two things in common: 1) they all have racking systems, and 2), these racking systems are at high risk for damage by a forklift.
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