TRUSTED PALLET RACKING INSPECTIONS
SETTING THE STANDARD FOR PALLET RACKING INSPECTIONS
UpRight Warehouse Solutions is the trusted pallet rack inspection firm for the nation’s most complex logistics networks. In fact, the top two warehouse networks in the US and the #5 network, globally, trust UpRight to help keep their facilities safe, operationally efficient, and regulation-compliant. Our certified inspection professionals can identify potentially perilous or accumulated damage that an untrained amateur might miss, and deliver an uncompromising overview of your facility’s structural health.
As active members of the Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI) Standards Advisory Committee, we don’t just follow the regulations—we help write them. This means UpRight is always at the forefront of evolving safety codes and structural engineering standards, which allows us to bring predictive, proactive insight directly to your warehouse floor. Placing your facility in the hands of the very professionals that are helping shape national safety regulations brings unmatched peace of mind, knowing your rack inspections are backed by the highest level of industry authority.
UNRIVALED SAFETY, COMPLIANCE & SPEED
Unaddressed pallet rack damage represents an ongoing threat to your operations and your workforce, so addressing it in a timely manner helps ensure the ongoing success of your business and safety of your team.
While it can be months before competitors schedule, complete, and finally deliver their inspection results, UpRight can take care of your inspection needs in a fraction of the time.
A comprehensive UpRight inspection helps your facility remain a safe place for workers by maintaining compliance with the ANSI MH16.1 Standard for the design, testing, and utilization of industrial steel storage racks to ensure they safely support heavy loads and meet industry regulations.
UpRight believes that employee safety and regulatory compliance is not something you should have to wait months for.
THE UPRIGHT INSPECTIONS DIFFERENCE
THE INDEPENDENT ADVANTAGE
Internal evaluations are important, but often miss the subtle, cumulative structural issues that can impact rack capacity and lead to catastrophic failure. Bringing in UpRight as an objective, professional outside source ensures an uncompromised, expert inspection. Our specialists catch hidden defects, eliminate internal blind spots, and provide the unbiased documentation required to satisfy OSHA and regulatory bodies.
COMPLIANCE GUIDANCE
Our meticulous reports go beyond simple damage recognition to detail what is out of compliance with RMI and ANSI standards, and could threaten the racking system as a whole. We not only report upright damage, but also break down more nuanced, easy-to-overlook structural vulnerabilities as well—all into clear, transparent data. This provides you with a definitive action plan for prioritizing and executing corrective actions to quickly restore your racks back into compliance.
WAITLESS ESTIMATES™
Traditional rack inspections frequently leave operations hanging for weeks or even months, stalling maintenance budgets and, more importantly, leaving safety hazards unaddressed on your floor. UpRight eliminates that bottleneck entirely. Typically, within 24 hours of our inspection, a comprehensive Waitless Estimate lands directly in your inbox, allowing your management team to immediately understand, prioritize, and budget for critical repairs without costly operational delays.
BREAK THE CYCLE OF COMPLACENCY
It is easy to mistake a standing rack for a safe one. Day after day, workers routinely walk past severely compromised uprights like these, lulled into a false sense of security simply because the structure is still standing. But a damaged upright should not be ignored. It’s an active safety threat waiting for the right forklift bump, unevenly distributed load, or minor impact to an adjacent post to trigger a catastrophic failure.
Waiting for a rack to visibly buckle before taking action means putting inventory, operations, and your team’s lives at risk. The danger of looking past familiar damage is exactly why regular professional inspections are non-negotiable — to catch structural vulnerabilities before complacency turns into disaster. Read this MHI article by R. Ziemain, Ph.D., P.E., that warns of the dangers of neglecting even 1 part of your racking system.
CONTACT AN INSPECTION EXPERT
STEFAN IS HERE TO HELP!
Stefan Navarrette is passionate about helping warehouse professionals streamline their operations, maximize uptime, and ensure, sustain and advance site safety. He is happy answer any remaining questions you might have about our inspection process — and get your UpRight Rapid Rack Inspection on the calendar!
In addition to our professional pallet rack inspection services, our dedicated team at UpRight is ready with the expertise and innovative solutions to maintain, upgrade or repair your critical infrastructure — and make you the hero of your facility!
TWO TIERS OF INSPECTIONS
| COMPREHENSIVE INSPECTION | GROUND LEVEL DAMAGE REPORT |
|---|---|
Comprehensive Inspection
Ground-Level Inspection for Out-of-Plumb Compliance
(typically the first 2 bays / bottom 8 ft) | Ground Level Damage Report
Ground-Level-Only Inspection *
(bottom 8 ft / where 90% of damage occurs) |
Comprehensive Inspection
Full-Elevation Inspection for Out-of-Plumb Compliance
(above 8 ft / requires a scissor-lift) | Ground Level Damage Report
X |
Comprehensive Inspection
Capacity Placard and LARC Plan Compliance | Ground Level Damage Report
X |
Comprehensive Inspection
Best Practice Recommendations
(recommended but not typically detailed on industry inspections) | Ground Level Damage Report
X |
* For Ground-Level-Only Inspections, UpRight is assuming minimum standards of your system, and cannot be held liable for failing to report any areas of concern outside the limited scope of this inspection tier.
THE UPRIGHT INSPECTIONS DIFFERENCE
We do not expect you to walk a 500,000 sq. ft. facility trying to measure microscopic steel deflections. Our trained, RMI-adherent technicians handle the heavy lifting, executing a thorough, in-depth review of your entire structural footprint. During a comprehensive pallet rack inspection service, our auditors evaluate every critical point of failure.
- Beams, Connectors & Decking: We calculate precise allowable beam deflection (length divided by 180) to identify overloaded and unsafe systems. We also audit beam connectors, flanges, missing safety pins, and compromised wire decking or pallet supports.
- Upright Frames & Columns: We inspect front-to-back and down-aisle for impact damage. We strictly flag any deflection gap greater than 1/2”, tears in the steel, or uprights that are leaning out of plumb (exceeding the strict formula of height divided by 240 limit) — all of which dramatically reduce load capacity.
- Base Plates, Shims & Anchors: A rack is only as strong as its foundation. We record twisted footplates (greater than 1/2”), verify that all shims are secure and not sliding, and check that every baseplate features a tightly secured anchor free from shearing or impact damage.
- Struts, Spacers & Stabilizers: We audit internal frame struts for deflection and broken welds. For back-to-back systems (especially those exceeding a height-to-depth ratio of 6:1), we verify row spacers are intact and appropriately spaced to secure the system.
If we find critical damage in any of these areas, we don’t just leave you with a warning. We seamlessly transition into deploying a 24-hour pallet rack repair to neutralize the threat immediately.
RACK CAPACITY PLACARDS AND STAMPED ENGINEERING
PRECISE DATA AND ENGINEERING CERTAINTY
We position your facility for long-term operational success by moving beyond basic visual audits into data-driven, hard engineering. While a visual walkthrough will catch measurable defects, safeguarding your warehouse requires mathematical certainty. In addition to physical inspections, UpRight can bring rigorous engineering calculations to the equation, ensuring your racking systems are fully compliant, properly rated, and certifiably safe.
Rack Load Capacity PlacardsWe provide compliant, highly visible weight capacity signage to ensure forklift operators and floor teams load racks safely.
Stamped EngineeringWe deliver certified, stamped engineering drawings for pallet rack repair, re-profiling, or warehouse expansions to satisfy strict insurance and municipal requirements.
System Re-Profiling VerificationIf your facility changes beam elevations to accommodate new inventory, we verify that your system remains structurally sound.