Rack Systems Safety Starts with Recognition that Every Installation Is Different
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
Videos of rack failures in warehouses and distribution centers are a staple of some corners of social media. Both horrifying and mesmerizing, the worst of the rack-related accidents are chain reactions of collapse that are dangerous to workers and lead to massive financial losses of lost product.
“Failures don’t happen very often, but when they do, they can be catastrophic,” said John Krummell, president and CEO of MHI member Advance Storage Products and outgoing president of the Rack Manufacturers Institute, an MHI industry group of industrial rack solutions suppliers.
Awareness of the vital nature of rack system safety has grown in recent years, and has led to more sophisticated industry-wide approaches to rack systems—approaches that are helping to prevent hazardous and costly accidents such as those depicted in the videos. John Schmidt, CEO of MHI member Rack Builders and incoming vice president of RMI, said RMI has taken a prominent role in increasing education about rack safety issues and helping to ensure that they are no longer overlooked or misunderstood…
