{"id":19143,"date":"2020-08-04T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/?p=19143"},"modified":"2023-06-09T20:36:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T01:36:57","slug":"shoptalk-safer-pallet-rack-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/04\/shoptalk-safer-pallet-rack-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoptalk: Safer Pallet Rack Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 500px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/PalletRack.jpeg\" alt=\"pushback rack\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this installment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/video\/category.aspx?id=69\">Cisco-Eagle\u2019s Shoptalk series<\/a>, Scott, who works in our Tulsa marketing department, shows you what to look for to keep your pallet rack safe.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/category\/1288\/pallet-rack\">Pallet rack<\/a> is typically safe and easily-maintained storage equipment, but if you load it wrong or don\u2019t inspect and repair\/replace damaged components, understand your capacities, and forget to take steps to ensure your rack isn\u2019t impacted by loading equipment, that safe rack can become dangerous and expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, an employee-owner since 1990, explains how to keep pallet rack safer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/video\/frame.aspx?id=291\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>&gt;<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>&gt;<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We review important specifications to be aware of, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Overloading<\/strong> &#8211; How much will your load weigh? This is a very important figure to know before loading your rack.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capacities<\/strong> &#8211; How are capacities calculated and applied when it comes to pallet rack? We specifically discuss upright capacity, and how this complicated factor can be discovered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention<\/strong> &#8211; Forklift collisions with pallet racks are an ongoing safety concern, so we highlight some methods and products that can help you keep your rack safe from moving vehicles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>About <em>Shoptalk<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;re driven to help you identify, specify, and implement the right products and systems for your operation.<\/p>\n<p>Every full-time employee owns shares in the company, is provided detailed financial information, and is trained to provide exceptional service. We think owners provide better service, and we can back it up. Our <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/video\/category.aspx?id=69\">Shoptalk<\/a><\/em> content is a series of informational posts, videos, and other information. We are empowered to get things done for you, and <em>Shoptalk<\/em> is just one more way we prove it every day.<\/p>\n<p>More resources<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/15\/what-causes-pallet-rack-collapses\/\">What causes a pallet rack collapse?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/05\/5-common-mistakes-people-make-with-pallet-racks\/\">5 mistakes people make with pallet rack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/video\/category.aspx?id=69\">Shoptalk video series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this installment of Cisco-Eagle\u2019s Shoptalk series, Scott, who works in our Tulsa marketing department, shows you what to look for to keep your pallet rack safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21585,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[894],"series":[],"class_list":["post-19143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pallet-rack","tag-shoptalk"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2027-04-17 18:27:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19143"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27845,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19143\/revisions\/27845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19143"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=19143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}