Pallet Racking Inspection Barnstaple
Barnstaple is North Devon's primary commercial center requiring pharmaceutical manufacturing electronics and distribution safety audits. If your business in Barnstaple uses pallet racking, we can inspect it to the SEMA Code of Practice and leave you with a clear, prioritised list of any repairs.
Racking Sites Across Barnstaple
From Seven Brethren Industrial Estate to Pottington Industrial Estate, we inspect pallet racking at sites throughout Barnstaple. We aim to send the Barnstaple inspection report within 48 hours, covering every bay inspected and any repairs needed.
What We Focus On in Barnstaple
Some risks are common to the operations described above, so our Barnstaple inspectors look closely at them.
- In high-volume operations the lower levels and aisle-end frames take most of the knocks, so we check frame protectors, column guards and beam connectors at every run end.
- Raw material, component and work-in-progress storage is prone to overloading and to beams being moved without the load rating being rechecked — both are recorded if found.
- Regulated and high-value stock usually comes with audit requirements, and a dated, signed inspection report is often the document auditors ask to see.
- Load notices are compared with the beam levels actually installed, because levels moved since installation change the safe working load.
Book a SEMA-aligned inspection in Barnstaple
Written report within 48 hours of the visit.
Your Legal Duty in Barnstaple
For Barnstaple businesses, the legal position is the same as anywhere in the UK: PUWER 1998 places the duty on the employer, HSG76 sets the expectation of an annual expert inspection, and BS EN 15635 defines the damage tolerances used to classify each defect. The same rules apply whether your Barnstaple site is a single unit or a large distribution building.
See our SEMA racking inspection checklist for the measured tolerances, or read what the HSE expects.