🔹 What Rack Guards Do
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Prevent Damage – They absorb impact from forklifts, pallets, and equipment, protecting upright frames and rack corners.
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Improve Safety – Damaged racks can collapse, creating serious hazards. Guards help prevent structural weaknesses.
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Reduce Repair Costs – By protecting racking, companies avoid expensive replacements and downtime.
🔹 Common Types of Rack Guards
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Upright Guards
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Wrap around or bolt onto rack uprights to prevent dents and bending.
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Often made from steel or heavy-duty plastic.
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End-of-Aisle Guards
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Protect rack corners at aisle intersections, which are the most vulnerable spots for forklift collisions.
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Usually heavy-duty steel barriers anchored to the floor.
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Rack Back Guards / Safety Panels
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Mesh or steel barriers attached to the back of racks.
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Prevent items from falling off the back side into walkways or work areas.
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Post Protectors
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Individual protectors that slide over or anchor at the base of each upright post.
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Floor & Frame Guards
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Low-profile barriers that keep forklifts and carts from hitting the lower rack areas.
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🔹 Materials & Designs
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Steel Guards – Strongest, most durable, often powder-coated safety yellow for visibility.
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Plastic/Poly Guards – Flexible, impact-absorbing, and easy to install without drilling.
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Anchor-Mounted – Bolted directly into the floor for permanent, heavy-duty protection.
🔹 Benefits in a Warehouse
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Enhances workplace safety compliance (OSHA considers rack protection a best practice).
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Creates a more organized warehouse by reducing clutter from damaged racks.
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Offers peace of mind knowing inventory and employees are protected.
👉 In short: Rack guards are an affordable investment compared to the high costs of rack repair, inventory loss, or injury from racking accidents.
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