Pallet Racking Inspection Heywood

Heywood Distribution Park is one of the North West's most active secure warehousing facilities requiring SEMA racking inspections. In Heywood we work to the same SEMA-aligned standard used on every site we visit, so your records stay consistent from one year to the next.

Heywood's Storage and Distribution Network

Locations we cover in Heywood include Heywood Distribution Park and Pilsworth Industrial Estate. Wherever your racking is installed, the inspection follows the same SEMA-aligned method. You will not be left guessing after we inspect in Heywood: every finding is located, photographed and explained in plain language.

Inspection Priorities for Heywood Sites

On a typical Heywood visit, these are the issues we expect to examine in detail.

• 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.
• Load notices are compared with the beam levels actually installed, because levels moved since installation change the safe working load.

Your Legal Duty in Heywood

For Heywood 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. If your insurer or a customer asks for proof of inspection, the Heywood report is the document to show them.

See our SEMA racking inspection checklist for the measured tolerances, or read what the HSE expects.