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Pipe storage racks Pla/eville Oldcastle Precast 427 N Front St
Pla/eville, CO 80651 303-‐349-‐8323
FAX 970-‐785-‐6087 Ma/hew Berry, Plant Manager
• Submi/ed by: Rodney Adams, Maintenance Manager
• Date of IniSaSve: 9/1/12 to present • Employees involved: Rodney Adams, Alfonso Montez and Ma/hew Berry
• How did the iniSaSve develop? A safety incident at another locaSon with a similar product force us to rethink the way we store round concrete pipe.
• Has the IniSaSve remained effecSve? Yes • How has the iniSaSve benefi/ed the workplace? We started with 18” RCP a product we turn 12 to 15 Smes a year so there is a lot of pipe movement of this size both from producSon and then to shipping. The racking has cut the yarding Sme in half and eliminated $400 worth of dunnage. Since there is no dunnage to move there is no potenSal hazard from moving dunnage each pipe is chocked so no pipe movement.
• We expect this iniSaSve to go company wide.
IniSal drawing
This is just 1 secSon the total run will be 180 feet
Current method using dunnage
Dunnage requirement
• It takes roughly 81 pieces of dunnage per row and the row is 180 feet long
• Each Sme the forklid driver has to start a new row each pipe has to be adjusted with a pry bar to get the alignment, this usually takes 30 to 45 minutes depending on how many are put down
The row using the rack system
The racking system
• They are made in 10 foot secSons that are bolted together once set will not move
• Eliminates the need of the forklid driver to adjust the pipe while seeng the first row
• Seeng the first row takes about half the Sme so the total yarding Sme has been cut in half without any damage to the pipe
The angle iron gives the pipe support
Safety consideraSon
• Pipe will not move in the rack less chance of the pipe rolling off the stack
• Safer for yarding the driver does not have to adjust dunnage and pipe on the first row
• No liding heavy dunnage into place • No dunnage laying around once the row is empty
• Each pipe is chocked not realisSc with dunnage
Cost comparison
• Rack length 180’ cost $5800 and each secSon takes 30 minutes to assemble
• The local steel company cut the material to a CAD drawing so assembly was easy and exact
• A truck load of dunnage cost $4400 pulse $2000 shipping cost and there are 100 sScks to a truck. On this length 81 sScks are needed not chocking each pipe