The Standard

As there is no Thai standard for the application and maintenance of storage systems, ROS Thailand are therefore referring to the European โ€œSteel static storage systems – Application and maintenance of storage equipment EN15635โ€ standard when it comes to categorise the level of damage(s) on an upright frame, and the action that needs to be taken

When inspecting the pallet racking upright frame, the following guidelines are followed.

The damages are categorised into three groups, each represented by a colour:

โ— Green: The damage/bending is within the safe limit, but shall be recorded and reviewed at set intervals to make sure it does not get worse.

โ— Amber: The damage/bending is more than what is accepted as being categorised as Green, but less than twice the number. The area shall be set to be repaired within maximum 4 weeks from the damage being noticed.

โ—ย Red: The damage/bending is more than twice what is accepted as Green and shall be off-loaded immediately and repaired as soon as possible.

The bend is measured using a 1 m long straight square rod. the gap (if any) between the rod and the upright is measured at its maximum dent.

Please note that if there are two Green damages on the same frame, they will be considered as Amber.

If two Amber damages on the same frame they will be considered as Red.

Action to be taken with each Colour Code

Rack is damaged
Rack is damaged
Nominated management representative to assess and classify the damage to racking
and advise DWG Health and Safety Representative
Nominated management representative to assess and classify the damage to racking...
Very serious damage
Red
Very serious damage...
Hazard damage
Amber
Hazard damage...
Acceptable damage
Green
Acceptable damage...
Very serious damage requiring
immediate attention
ie damage to frames in which the limits in Figure 3
are exceeded by a factor greater than two

Very serious damage requiring...
immediately off-load all affected bays
of racking and repair damage before re-use

immediately off-load all affected bays...
The necessary repairs or replacements of all damage parts are correctly carried out
The necessary repairs or replacements of all...
If repairs are not carried out within 4 weeks reclassify as red risk
If repairs are not carried out within 4 week...
Return to service
Return to service
Hazardous damage requiring action
as soon as possible

ie damage to frames in which the limits in
Figure 3 are exceeded up to a factor of two
Hazardous damage requiring action...
  1. Identify the damage for repair using
    the data amber tag.
  2. Order materials
  3. Ensure all locations affected by
    the damage are removed
  4. Make repairs as soon as possible
Identify the damage for repair using...
Repairs carried out
Repairs carried out
Return to service
Return to service
If the severity of damage has increased
If the severity of da...
Damage requiring surveillance
ie damage to frames in which the limit in
Figure 3 are not exceeded
Damage requiring surveillance...
Label damaged component with
green tag and record date and reassess at
the next inspection, but within 12 months
Label damaged component withgreen tag an...
If there is no change to the damage level
continue to monitor at normal inspection
levels and intervals

If there is no change to the damage leve...
Continue in service
Continue in service
If the severity of
damage has increased

If the severity of...
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