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In todays safety conscious environment, nowhere is pallet rack safety thought to be such an important factor as in the warehouse & distribution workplace.
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In recent years, member organisations have been set up to provide guidance for both warehouse owners and operators by knowledgable people from within the Storage Equipment Industry working to strict Government guidelines.  The principle organisation within this industry is SEMA (Storage Equipment Manufacturers Association), and they have produced guidelines that Nene Storage Equipment Ltd is keen to follow in the interest of maintaining a safe warehouse environment for all of it's clients and racking.

To that end, the Nene Group encourages regular Pallet Racking Inspection Surveys to be carried out daily/weekly by it's clients workforce and for independent racking surveys to be carried out bi-annually or annually by one of our own trained racking surveyors.

From the experience gained by Racking Survey Inspectors, we believe that "prevention is much better than cure" and to encourage all our clients to consider the fitting of the latest Racking Upright Protection Guards to their pallet racking as a positive aid to reducing rack damage done to the racking by forklifts. 

Rack Deflektor is a cost effective, easy to install patented deflector to protect racking uprights against expensive and potentially life threatening structural damage.

It is not just the individual pallet racking end frame that needs protection. Often Nene would specify a solid End Of Aisle Racking Barrier as heavy duty protection for the racking, especially in a busy warehouse where forklift traffic is heavy.

The latest Wire Mesh Decking has been a major safety improvement for clients allowing them to store different types & sizes of pallet on their racking in a safe and proper manner. In fact the product has been so successful in reducing the chances of a racking collapse due to pallet failiure that many companies have opted to specify the wire mesh decking as a standard fitting to all of their pallet racking.

Safety in the warehouse also involves us ensuring that pedestrian traffic (people) walking in the warehouse are secure and that a form of segregation between elevated pallets on racking and walkways exists. To cover this requirement Nene offers a superb Anti-Collapse Mesh system at a very realistic cost that gives many other added benefits to the warehouse installation. This system also offers excellent security where needed and is completely customisable & versatile.

The Health & Safety At Work Act 1974 states that the ends of all racking are to be clearly marked with Rack Load Capacity Signs and any structural specifications relative to its loading capabilities. Therefore all pallet racking supplied by Nene will come with site specific Rack Load Capacity Signage plate. As a service, Nene is able to supply these rack capacity plates to customers who still do not have them fitted to their racking, or who have revised their pallet racking system by movement of the system or beam reconfiguration and need to update the loading plates.

Whatever the situation, Nene will be able to give both advice and supply products that ensure that your warehouse facility remains a safe place for your operatives to work in.

Please call one of our experienced design engineers for assistance.