RACKING INSPECTIONS – SAFETY AUDITS

We Specialise in Rack Safety Inspections and Audits, Keeping your Work Place Safe.

Keeping your Pallet Racking installation in good working condition is essential for safe operation and a long life. A Safety audit is a good way to keep your racking safe & complying with Australian OH&S Standards.

A qualified Engineer can be booked to visit your work site to inspect, compile a report & make recommendations to improve/repair your racking. On completion of repairs/alterations a compliance certificate is issued.

We can carry out Safety Inspections of all racking types (Dexion, Colby, Spacerack, Schaefer, Acrow (Series 88 & new style), Dra-mac, Brownbuilt, Interlake, Loadmaster, Uneeda, Hiline, Alpha, APC, Acerack, Macrack, G.K.N., Cyclone, Mecalux, Paltier, Republic, Chinese Dexion copies such as Nanjing Boracs Logistics Equipment Company Limited (Boracs), and Nanjing Aivis shelve Manufacturing Company Limited and many more.

All our safety inspections comply with Australian Standards:

AS4084-1993 Steel Storage Racking

About Us

Established to fulfill a growing demand for workplace safety of storage racking systems, Racking Audits Australia is the industry leader of storage system auditing, warehouse design, layout and maintenance of industrial storage systems.

Our services ensure your workplace remains safe and compliant, simultaneously maximizing warehouse space, efficiency, accessibility and product flow.

Racking Audits Australia stays up to date with new technologies via a networking program with other prominent Warehouse/logistics/electronic systems professionals.

Racking Audits Australia can ensure your racking complies with OH&S standards. It pays to make sure your racks are free from damage and structurally safe. Unsafe racking can not only cost your company money in workplace health and safety fines, it can also cost lives.

Racking Audits Australia has over 10 years of experience in the warehousing and racking industry ranging from:

  • Complete redesigns of warehouses to increase flow & productivity.
  • Designing conveyor systems that link storage facilities to production areas and despatch.
  • Designing complete new warehouse facilities.
  • Installation of racking along with auditing & safety inspections.
  • Managing electronic tracking of palletised outward goods.
  • Engineering reports for Materials Handling equipment, designs for bollards, pedestrian walkways, stillages and loading/unloading ramps.
  • Traffic Management & pedestrian flows, including Traffic Management Systems & Pedestrian Exclusion Zones.
  • Machinery Certification / Guarding 

Safety Inspections

All our safety inspections comply with Australian Standards:

AS4084-1993 Steel Storage Racking

AS4084-1993: Covers all static racking with the exception of drive in and drive through racking as well as cantilever and mobile racking.

Section 9.2 Inspections. Inspections shall be carried out on a regular basis, and at least once every 12 months to: 

  • Ensure that safe working loads are adhered to.
  • Ensure that the racking installation has not been altered. A copy of the load application and configuration drawings shall be retained for this purpose.
  • Ensure the correct application and use of the equipment.
  • Examine connectors for deformation or signs of cracking at the welds.
  • Examine for any dislocation and deformation of sections and connections for uprights and beams.
  • Examine the extent of damage due to impact in the racking installation.
  • Examine the out of plumb of the racking.

These Audits usually comprise of a written report with two sections:

  1. Rack specifications list & load ratings for each rack
  2. Damage and non-compliance list detailing:

This list is colour coded so that each problem can be categorised into four groups depending on the severity or hazard risk factor of the problem

  1. Red category – immediate action
  2. Orange category – do not use until rectified
  3. Blue category – routine problem
  4. Green category – recommendation only

On satisfactory completion of repairs a Certificate of Compliance will be issued.

2a: This section can be given to the manufacturer/repairer so that they may quote on the problems that need addressing, alternatively, Racking Audits Australia can quote for these repairs/modifications for you.

2b: If this is the first visit a Rack location (plan view) drawing will also be included. This can also be given to your choice of repairer to aid in the rectification process.

Contact

RACKING AUDITS AUSTRALIA

Engineering Consultants.

Members of National Safety Council of Australia.

Factory 19, 10 Assembly Drive
Dandenong South, VIC, 3175
Australia

Telephone: 0459 090 922