Using Pallet Rack Backstops

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Using Pallet Rack Backstops
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• When you are a manager of a business, or the
  owner, you will find that it is
• most important to keep your employees safe, like
  when you working with
• pallet racking, you will want to make sure that
  you make use of pallet
• racking backstops. There are a number of ways
  available that you will use to
• keep your people safe, you will want to know as
  many of them as you can.
• You will want to understand that you cannot only
  make use of pallet racking
• backstops you will want to make sure that you
  have a few other things done
• as well.
• The first thing that you will want to do, if you
  make use of pallet racking, is to
• make sure that your racking is secure and safe to
  use. You will do this by
• getting professional installers to do the job for
  you. You do not want to use
• people who do not know what they are doing,
  because this will cause
• problems later and your people could be left
  hurt.

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• Once your racks are stable and secure you will
  want to make
• sure that they are safe to walk around, you will
  do this by
• making sure that each unit is installed with
  something called
• pallet corner protectors. These are rubber
  corners that you will
• use to soften the corners of the racks, or
  warehouse pallet
• racking you have installed in your storeroom.
• The other thing that you will want to make sure
  that you have
• is called pallet rack backstops. These were
  mentioned earlier in
• this article and will help your from losing
  inventory to a long
• drop off the back of your racking. You will also
  find that this
• will save a few of your employees from getting
  crushed under
• heavily packed pallets.

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• There are a number of things you can do to make
• sure that your employees are safe. You can
  install
• a few accessories like the ones we mentioned
• above, and you can go the extra mile and install
  a
• pallet racking safety net. However, you need to
• know that these are mostly used when you are
• packing things in the racking you have. This is
  not
• something that you will buy a lot of, as you will
  be
• able to use it over and over when you need it, or
  
• where you need it, like for extra push back in
  your
• system.

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• The other things that you can do are systems that
  you
• will have to have in place in a warehouse anyway.
  
• This means that you will need these whether you
  are
• using pallet racking, forklifts or not.
• Hard tipped or steel tipped shoes are most
  important
• in keeping your feet safe in a warehouse. Apart
  of that
• that and the pallet racking backstops you will
  want to
• make sure that you give each and every member of
  your
• team a hard hat. Remember that you can never have
  too
• much safety in one place, especially if there are
  a number
• of dangers.