SafeStackingandStorageARCHIVEPublishedbytheOccupationalSafetyandHealthServiceDepartmentofLabourWellingtonNewZealandISBN0-477-03449-7Firstpublished:1985Reprinted:1988RevisedforOSHwebsite:1999ARCHIVEContentsIntroductionandScope.................................................................5ASafeWorkSystem......................................................................6FloorsandSupportingSurfaces...................................................7StockHoldingStructures..............................................................8PalletConstructionandLoading.................................................8PositioningofStacks......................................................................9SizeandShapeofStacks.............................................................11StabilityandBondingofStacks.................................................12StackingDifferentTypesofGoods.............................................13RulesforDestacking....................................................................16SegregationofStock....................................................................17FireSafety....................................................................................19MaterialsHandlingEquipment..................................................21SafeStockMovement..................................................................22AutomatedStorage......................................................................23Housekeeping...............................................................................23Lighting........................................................................................24Noise..............................................................................................24ProtectiveClothingandEquipment..........................................24TrainingofEmployees.................................................................24Appendix:IncompatibleChemicals...........................................25ARCHIVE5ARCHIVEWhateverthenatureofyourbusiness,itislikelytoinvolvethestackingandstorageofgoodsandmaterials.Everyyearaccidentsoccurwhilegoodsarebeingstackedordestackedandputintoortakenoutofstorage.Manyoftheseaccidentsareserious—somearefatal.Thisbookletisdesignedtohelpemployersandemployeestodevelopsafeandeffectivemethodsforstackingandstorageandsomeettheirobligationsunderhealthandsafetylegislation.Thereisanenormousvarietyofstoragesystemsandstackingmethodsinusetoday.Materialshandlingequipment,too,isextremelydiverse,rangingfromhandtrolleysthroughvarioustypesofforklifttrucktosophisticatedwarehouserobots.Obviously,thisbookletcannotdealwithalltheseindetail.However,itdoessetoutthegeneralrequirementsandprinciplesforsafestackingandstoragewhichapplyirrespectiveoftheparticularsystemsused.Theadviceinthisbookletisintendedtocoveralltypesofgoodsandmaterials,withtheexceptionoftimberandloosebulkmaterialssuchassandorgrain,whicharethesubjectofseparatepublicationsissuedbytheDepartmentofLabour.Also,itdoesnotcoverthestorageofdangerousgoodsandexplosiveswhicharesubjectto:—TheDangerousGoodsAct1974—TheDangerousGoodsRegula-tions1958—TheDangerousGoodsClass2GasesRegulations1980—TheExplosivesAct1957—TheExplosivesRegulations1959.AdviceonthelegislativeprovisionscoveringthesegoodscanbeobtainedfromtheOccupationalSafetyandHealthService.Dangero...
