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5 Rack Safety Training Module

The document provides guidelines for rack safety. It outlines objectives to prevent injury and property damage from rack collapse. Key safety components of racks include guarding, aisle clearance, and safe load stacking and assessment. Hazards include being hit by equipment, falling materials, and rack deformation from overloading. Safe working procedures address guarding, clearances, load planning, inspections, safe working loads, material handling, and PPE. Incident reporting procedures define risk levels for structural damage requiring load removal versus moderate dents.

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5 Rack Safety Training Module

The document provides guidelines for rack safety. It outlines objectives to prevent injury and property damage from rack collapse. Key safety components of racks include guarding, aisle clearance, and safe load stacking and assessment. Hazards include being hit by equipment, falling materials, and rack deformation from overloading. Safe working procedures address guarding, clearances, load planning, inspections, safe working loads, material handling, and PPE. Incident reporting procedures define risk levels for structural damage requiring load removal versus moderate dents.

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RACK SAFETY

Health & Safety


Safety Compliance Team
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AGENDA

➢ Objective

➢ Safety Components of Racks

➢ Hazards at Rack Storage

➢ Rack Safe Working Procedure

➢ Incident Reporting – Tolerance Limit


of Rack Damage

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Objective

➢ To prevent possible risk to human life due to rack ➢ To ensure the durability and strength of the rack is not
collapse affected over the period.
➢ To prevent property damage ➢ To provide safe workplace for employees working near
➢ To prevent collapse and fall of the racks. racks.

Safety Components of Racks

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Hazards at Rack Storage

Rack : A structure which is formed of connecting bars with each other either vertically or horizontally to support load on
it.
Racks are installed to optimize the material storage in the facility.
Pallets are used to store material on rack.

Flipkart Group is committed to the prevention of injury for


employees working near racks. For that, employees shall be
aware of hazards at rack storage

➢ Hit by Manual Handling Equipment

➢ Fall of material from racks while stacking

➢ Rack Collapse

➢ Deformation of rack due to overloading

➢ Protruding materials such as bolts, pallets on rack etc

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Rack Safe Working Procedures

1 2 1. Guarding's – All racks shall be properly guarded.


2. Aisle Clearance – Adequate distance shall be maintained between guards and aisles
3. Load Stacking – Heavy loads shall be planned to stack at the lower levels at racks
and light loads to be stacked at the top of the racks.

3 4 4. Assessment –
• Weekly rack safety inspection shall be carried out based on checklist (refer
guideline)
• In case of, alteration to any part of the rack, load assessment to be carried out
before stacking at the other section of the racks.
5. Safe Working Load – Safe working load display charts shall be provided on each
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rack and overloading of racks shall be strictly avoided.
6. Material Handling –
• Employees stacking materials at rack shall use appropriate lifting equipment’s
• Employees strictly shall not climb on racks or stand on lifting equipments
7 • Authorized operator shall only operate BOPT/AFL/Reach truck
7. PPE – PPE’s shall be worn by operator (Hi-Viz Jacket, Hard Helmet, Safety Shoes)

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Incident Reporting - Tolerance Limit of Rack Damage

Risk Level : Severe


Status : Structural Damage

Situation where a critical level of damage is


identified at the racks, which requires immediate
removal of load from racks and isolation of racks

Risk Level : Moderate


Status : Dents

Situation where some dents are identified at


racks, safety guards etc.
On identification of same dents for over 1 month’s
period, would change the risk from “Moderate” to
“Severe”.

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Thank You!

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