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Top 100 Inspirational Workplace Safety Quotes

Top 100 Inspirational Workplace Safety Quotes

Safety Quote of the Day Is your team suffering from a severe case of meetingitis? Find your safety quote of the day and... More
Are Your Warehouse Racks Safe? How to Choose the Right Rack Repair Kit

Are Your Warehouse Racks Safe? How to Choose the Right Rack Repair Kit

Pallet rack systems are the backbone of your warehouse, holding thousands of pounds of inventory above your workers. As a... More
Pallet Rack Footplate Damage and Effective Repair Solutions 

Pallet Rack Footplate Damage and Effective Repair Solutions 

Pallet rack footplates, also known as baseplates, may seem like a small component, but they play a vital role in the... More
How a 24-Inch Pallet Rack Guard Saves Time and Frustration

How a 24-Inch Pallet Rack Guard Saves Time and Frustration

Last year’s holiday season was chaotic. Forklifts were moving inventory at record speed to meet the surge in demand, but... More
Pallet Rack Uprights: Insights and Warehouse Manager Responsibilities

Pallet Rack Uprights: Insights and Warehouse Manager Responsibilities

Pallet rack uprights are a mission-critical component of your warehouse pallet rack system. This article aims to increase... More
Pallet Rack Beams: Critical details that prevent beam failure

Pallet Rack Beams: Critical details that prevent beam failure

Pallet rack beams are a critical component of your racking system, bearing the weight of valuable inventory and ensuring... More
Differences between a rack expert and engineer specialized in racking

Differences between a rack expert and engineer specialized in racking

Unlocking the full potential of a warehouse requires a delicate balance of operational efficiency and structural integrity.... More
Lowe’s Warehouses: Examining Warehouse Safety Strategies

Lowe’s Warehouses: Examining Warehouse Safety Strategies

Did you know that one of Lowe’s fulfillment centers has the capacity to accommodate 22 football fields? Have you ever... More
8 Rack Safety Budget Planning Mistakes

8 Rack Safety Budget Planning Mistakes

In warehouse management, rack safety often goes unnoticed in budget discussions. But what if we told you that overlooking... More
Implementing a Rack Safety Program: Key Steps for Warehouse Managers

Implementing a Rack Safety Program: Key Steps for Warehouse Managers

As a warehouse manager, ensuring the safety and well-being of your employees, visitors, and equipment is paramount. Rack... More
Warehouse Safety: Answering the Top 5 Questions on Pallet Racks

Warehouse Safety: Answering the Top 5 Questions on Pallet Racks

Pallet racks are a crucial part of any warehouse or storage facility. However, with the benefits of warehouse racks come... More
5 Ways Rack Management Software Can Boost Your Warehouse Safety Today

5 Ways Rack Management Software Can Boost Your Warehouse Safety Today

Are you confident that the pallet racks in your warehouse are safe and compliant? Pallet racks in a warehouse can be risky... More
Tornadoes and Warehouse Safety: How to Protect Pallet Racking Systems

Tornadoes and Warehouse Safety: How to Protect Pallet Racking Systems

While the cinematic thrill of a tornado might be captivating, such as in the movie Twisters, the reality is far from... More
10 Skills Every Warehouse Manager Needs to Succeed

10 Skills Every Warehouse Manager Needs to Succeed

Warehouse management is essential to the success of any supply chain operation. It requires a wide range of soft and... More
Everything Health & Safety Managers Need to Know About Rack Safety

Everything Health & Safety Managers Need to Know About Rack Safety

A health and safety manager ensures employees are safe at work and that storage systems, such as pallet racks, are safe for... More
Unlocking the Benefits of ProMat: How to Maximize Your Visit

Unlocking the Benefits of ProMat: How to Maximize Your Visit

Tradeshows are a great opportunity to connect with people and learn how to better your operations, and you won’t want to... More
Damaged Racks: 5 Steps to Pallet Racking Repair

Damaged Racks: 5 Steps to Pallet Racking Repair

Over their lifetime, racking systems can become damaged from many factors, be they environmental, like rust, from impacts... More
Natural Disasters and Warehouse Racking: How to Prevent Damage

Natural Disasters and Warehouse Racking: How to Prevent Damage

Natural disasters can devastate entire regions, and warehouses containing industrial racking are, unfortunately, not exempt.... More
Employer’s Guide: 10 Proven Tips to Enhance Warehouse Worker Safety

Employer’s Guide: 10 Proven Tips to Enhance Warehouse Worker Safety

Why invest in warehouse worker safety? The U.S. warehousing and storage industry employs over 1,000,000 workers in more than... More
Damotech Platform and App: Q&A with Pascal Lalonde, Software Architect

Damotech Platform and App: Q&A with Pascal Lalonde, Software Architect

Pascal Lalonde is a Web Architect who leads the software development team at Damotech, a company dedicated to creating safer... More
5 Free Tools to Increase the Safety of Your Warehouse

5 Free Tools to Increase the Safety of Your Warehouse

Warehouse racking accidents are a large concern when it comes to safety. According to OSHA (OccupationalSafety and Health... More
CHEAT SHEET: Pallet Rack Damage Priority Classification

CHEAT SHEET: Pallet Rack Damage Priority Classification

To ensure the integrity of your pallet rack systems, it’s essential to understand the various types of damage found on racks... More
Q&A with Rack Safety Expert Dan Bider, Technical Director at Damotech

Q&A with Rack Safety Expert Dan Bider, Technical Director at Damotech

Dan Bider is a busy rack specialist and Technical Director at Damotech, a company whose mission is to safeguard pallet... More
Pallet Rack Height & Depth: A Ratio to Improve Rack Stability

Pallet Rack Height & Depth: A Ratio to Improve Rack Stability

With our minds turned to efficiency and cost considerations, the increasing density of warehouse storage space brings its... More
Avoid $15k fines from OSHA: A Safety Guide for Warehouse Managers

Avoid $15k fines from OSHA: A Safety Guide for Warehouse Managers

Proper pallet rack safety is vital to prevent accidents, injuries, and damage to inventory. In this article, we’ll discuss... More
Need a Warehouse Safety Check? 12 Times to Call a Rack Inspector

Need a Warehouse Safety Check? 12 Times to Call a Rack Inspector

Is your warehouse maximizing safety and efficiency? Pallet racking systems are the backbone of many warehouses, but their... More
Choosing a Rack Safety Partner: Your Guide to the RFP Process

Choosing a Rack Safety Partner: Your Guide to the RFP Process

Is your warehouse a haven of productivity, or a potential safety hazard waiting to happen? Warehouse accidents involving... More

About the Damotech Rack Safety Blog

Our goal is to educate and inform those in the constantly evolving supply chain and manufacturing industry about the latest trends and best practices in warehouse safety. With a focus on topics such as rack inspection, load capacity, rack damage prevention, rack repair, and safety management, we aim to empower our readers to take ownership of their warehouses' most valuable asset: their racking systems.

Meticulously written and reviewed by our team of in-house engineers specialized in pallet racks, our blog articles provide warehouse owners, managers, health and safety managers, engineers, and workers with useful information related to their day-to-day activities. Among the topics covered in the blog are warehouse rack safety standards and guidelines (OSHA), the impact of seismic activity on racks, how to identify and assess pallet rack damage, general warehouse safety tips, main events in the supply chain industry, and many more.

We also offer free downloadable educational tools and how-to guides like checklists, posters, guides, webinars, and videos that can easily be used by any professional in the warehousing industry to improve safety in and around their racking systems. Browse through our extensive list of blog articles to stay up to date on the latest and best practices surrounding warehouse rack safety and subscribe to our blog newsletter to receive email alerts when new blog posts are published.

Keep learning about rack safety. Gain the insight you need to make your warehouse safer for everyone!