{"id":5572,"date":"2026-05-19T16:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devsites.au\/iria\/?p=5572"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:33:03","slug":"racking-safety-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devsites.au\/iria\/racking-safety-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel storage racking safety standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>IRIA inspects to international racking safety standards, including:<\/h2>\n<p>Australia &amp; New Zealand \u2013 AS4084.1 and AS4084.2<br \/>\nCanada \u2013 CSA A3441, 1-05<br \/>\nEurope \u2013EN 15635 &amp; EN15620<br \/>\nEurope (users code) \u2013 FEM 10.2.04<br \/>\nUnited Kingdom \u2013 BS -EN 15512:2009<br \/>\nUnited States of America \u2013 RMI -MH16.1:2008<\/p>\n<p><strong>Australian Standard AS4084.1 and AS4084.2 (Formally AS4084 2012)<\/strong><br \/>\nUnder AS4084.1:2023 a range of racking safety requirements have changed. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Racking inspections are now mandatory for all selective pallet racking every 12 months<\/li>\n<li>Racking inspection can only be carried out by external parties<\/li>\n<li>Racking inspections can only be carried out by competent people<\/li>\n<li>Records of all racking inspections and repairs need to be maintained by the owner of the racking<\/li>\n<li>A range of new damage types have been identified that now need to be assessed and recorded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are a range of other changes to the standard which can impact upon the owners and users of racking. To ensure you comply, contact IRIA on 1300 136 649.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The European Standard \u2013 FEM 10.2.04<\/strong><br \/>\nThe FEM standards have been adopted by many Australian manufacturers of steel storage racking and provide a very clear guide to the safe use of static steel storage racking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Federation Europeenne De La Manutention FEM 10.2.04<br \/>\n<\/strong>Guidelines for the safe use of static steel racking and shelving:<br \/>\nInspections shall be carried out at 6-12 month intervals by a technically competent person. The purpose of this inspection is to not only inspect the racking but to examine the performance of the management procedures for controlling rack safety. In all cases, however, the examination should be formal with a written report documenting the extent and result of the examination. Inspectors must be trained and experienced in the general working practices and in particular spotting the often innocuous looking errors that can lead to serious damage or injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRIA inspects to international racking safety standards, including: Australia &amp; New Zealand \u2013 AS4084.1 and AS4084.2 Canada \u2013 CSA A3441, 1-05 Europe \u2013EN 15635 &amp; EN15620 Europe (users code) \u2013 FEM 10.2.04 United Kingdom \u2013 BS -EN 15512:2009 United States of America \u2013 RMI -MH16.1:2008 Australian Standard AS4084.1 and AS4084.2 (Formally AS4084 2012) Under AS4084.1:2023 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,10,11,13,14],"class_list":["post-5572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-independent-racking-inspections","tag-risk-management","tag-safety-culture","tag-warehouse-safety","tag-workplace-safety","grve-entry-item","grve-blog-item"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Steel storage racking safety standards | IRIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Racking safety standards: IRIA can inspect racking to Australian and International standards. 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