Rack inspections

What are your obligations?

To satisfy current legislation as detailed below, employers have a responsibility to inspect their racking and shelving on a regular basis. RISC (Racking Inspection Safety Consultants) can assist by carrying out these inspections with our qualified personnel. We can also assist with training in-house personnel to carry out your own inspections (see training).

Under current legislation it is the employer's duty to provide a safe environment, this includes the following statutory regulations:

• Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 Section 2
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992
• Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations 5 and 6 1998
• Health and Safety in Retail and Wholesale Warehouses HS(G)76

Under current legislation the following is stipulated:

"That every employer shall ensure that work equipment exposed to conditions causing deterioration which is liable to result in a dangerous situation is inspected at suitable intervals"

Did you realise, under current SEMA Codes of Practice, the following statements are made:

• On a damaged upright you are allowed up to 5mm left to right
• On a damaged upright you are allowed 3mm front to back deflection on a 1m section
• Bracing on the frames can also be damaged when uprights are hit
• Localised damage: - such as dents, buckles, tears, splits etc, the upright should be replaced immediately

RISC makes things simple

We won't burden you with detail and complexity. We won't tell you what you already know.
We won't pad our reports with information you've already got.

We'll just tell you, in plain and simple terms, what needs doing, where it needs doing and by when. For a typical rack installation, you'll find all you need to know on a page or two of clear, concise, practical information.

The detail will all be there, of course, if and when you need it, but the clear, simple summary – the clarity and brevity you'd always wished for in a rack inspection report – is the first thing you see and may be the only thing you'll ever need to see.


RISC promise you two things: safety and simplicity