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ARCHIVE Safe Stacking and Storage ARCHIVE Published by the Occupational Safety and Health Service Department of Labour Wellington New Zealand ISBN 0-477-03449-7 First published: 1985 Reprinted: 1988 Revised for OSH web site: 1999 ARCHIVE Contents Introduction and Scope................................................................. 5 A Safe Work System ...................................................................... 6 Floors and Supporting Surfaces...................................................7 Stock Holding Structures.............................................................. 8 Pallet Construction and Loading .................................................8 Positioning of Stacks...................................................................... 9 Size and Shape of Stacks............................................................. 11 Stability and Bonding of Stacks .................................................12 Stacking Different Types of Goods.............................................13 Rules for Destacking.................................................................... 16 Segregation of Stock .................................................................... 17 Fire Safety .................................................................................... 19 Materials Handling Equipment..................................................21 Safe Stock Movement.................................................................. 22 Automated Storage...................................................................... 23 Housekeeping............................................................................... 23 Lighting ........................................................................................ 24 Noise.............................................................................................. 24 Protective Clothing and Equipment ..........................................24 Training of Employees................................................................. 24 Appendix: Incompatible Chemicals...........................................25 ARCHIVE Introduction and Scope hatever the nature of your irrespective of the particular systems Wbusiness, it is likely to used. involve the stacking and storage of The advice in this booklet is goods and materials. Every year intended to cover all types of goods accidents occur while goods are and materials, with the exception of being stacked or destacked and put timber and loose bulk materials such into or taken out of storage. Many as sand or grain, which are the of these accidents are serious—some subject of separate publications are fatal. issued by the Department of Labour. This booklet is designed to Also, it does not cover the storage help employers and employees to of dangerous goods and explosives develop safe and effective methods which are subject to: for stacking and storage and so meet — The Dangerous Goods Act 1974 their obligations under health and — The Dangerous Goods Regula- safety legislation. tions 1958 There is an enormous variety — The Dangerous Goods Class 2 of storage systems and stacking Gases Regulations 1980 methods in use today. Materials — The Explosives Act 1957 handling equipment, too, is — The Explosives Regulations extremely diverse, ranging from 1959. hand trolleys through various types Advice on the legislative of forklift truck to sophisticated provisions covering these goods can warehouse robots. be obtained from the Occupational Obviously, this booklet cannot Safety and Health Service. deal with all these in detail. Dangerous substances not However, it does set out the general falling within the above legislation, requirements and principles for safe should be stored in accordance with stacking and storage which apply these guidelines. Platform truck Hand truck 5
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