What standards apply to racking inspections?

IRIA inspects to international standards These standards include: AS4084-2012 - Australia/New Zealand RMI -MH16.1:2008 - America BS -EN 15512:2009 - United Kingdom FEM 10.2.04 - Europe (users code) EN 15635 & EN15620 - Europe CSA A3441, 1-05 - Canada Australian Standard AS4084-12 AS40 ...
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Making sure your pallets measure up

Steel Storage Racking and Australian Standard Pallets Australian Standard Pallets are designed to specifically work with steel storage racking. Racking allows for pallets to "lock" into the racking system. This is achieved by the lower front and rear pallet boards lodging either side of the beams. ...
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5 Tips for Creating an Enviable Workplace Safety Record

Whether you run an office, warehouse, construction site or factory, your mantra needs to be the same: safety comes first. Workplace health and safety isn't just a nice idea, it's a necessity, both for your staff and for you as an employer.     In fact you are duty bound to ensureyou ...
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Traffic light system of damage. Red means Stop! Danger!

The Traffic Light System of Risk Allocation   By Penubag (Own work in Inkscape) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Traffic Light System is universally used to attribute risk to racking damage. All racking inspection reports will allocate risk based upon this. This system is designed ...
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Sydney company fined following worker’s death

A Sydney company has been fined $225, 000 following an incident three years ago where a worker died after a crane fell on him. By Minnesota Historical Society (Flickr: "Police Line" Tape) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Common The victim, a 48-year-o ...
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