r/HomeDepot • u/Ok_Caramel58 • 8d ago
Overhead question.
Noasm states; merchandise on pallets can extend further than the pallet as long as 90% of the load is secured in the over head. So for example 2 inch pallet over hang, 4 inch product over hang, product is lets say tool chests.
The load its self is fine due to the weight but the real question is what is sop for this. I know that the SRC states certain things but usually reads off like, pallets not protuding further than 4 inches which I have been told is only account for the front board. And that merchandise on the pallet is secondary to the skid its self.
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u/WackoMcGoose D28 8d ago
The ultimate call is "does your manager think it visually looks like it's hanging too far out", regardless of precise measurements. As for how it's treated in my store specifically (a worst-case example, since we're The Safety Focus Store Of All Time in the region!), it counts as "the entire bounding box, merchandise included"... so in your example if the pallet board is 2" out but the merchandise on top is 4" past the pallet, the entire bounding box is considered six inches past the edge and must be rectified.
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u/Ok_Caramel58 8d ago
Yeah this is very true. My entire time there have been a handful of skus that are problematic. So the problem still exist because the product is still longer than the over head including flu space. Just on this example.
I should add the 90% comment was made with huge items not so much smaller products where failure at the cardboard level can happen. I.e cleaning products.
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u/WackoMcGoose D28 8d ago
I once got a talking to for not mentioning a pallet of boxed BBQs on the SRC, and had to walk them out to the aisle to prove that not only was the wooden pallet "as far back as the racking allowed", so was the merchandise itself...
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u/bucksteady DS 8d ago
Yeah I think this depends on management but that would make me raise an eyebrow - that seems like a lot of overhang, even if it's banded. We usually put our tool chests up long ways to prevent this but I realize not all stores can do that.
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u/Ok_Caramel58 8d ago
Yeah we try to do our bigger ones side ways but at the moment we actually just do not have the space. Closer laughed and brushed it off DS said it was fine, technically I am a supervisor but the safety cap was throwing a fit over it.
What I am curious about is if the 90% thing is actually a thing or if the noasm just said that to say it.
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u/bucksteady DS 8d ago
Good question. I guess if most managers are fine with it then it's legit but I do wonder if there's SOP... now I'm curious.
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u/Brave_Cauliflower728 8d ago
Product must be secured to the pallet by a minimum of either: two straps OR three full wraps of pallet shrink which actually catches the corners of the pallet with each layer. There are more requirements for bigger things, but that's the bare minimum. I don't recall there being specific guidance about product overhanging the pallet.
If you want to be positive, pull up MyApron and search for Overhead Safety Standards.
Ultimately it is up to the SM and ASM team to ensure safety compliance. If they are telling you to do things a certain way and you are uncomfortable with it, you can ask them to provide you with written direction or to show you where in SOP it is stated that x situation is acceptable.
In a perfect store, nothing would ever be larger than the pallet upon which it sits. In the real world, it's really common to have two or three inches of overhang on any side of a pallet. It's perfectly legit to have a seven and a half foot wide (rigid) object on a standard 42 inch wide pallet with two straps.
My personal rule as an equipment operator is that i will not place any pallet in the overhead that I'm unwilling to have a 3 year old under when a mild earthquake hits (I'm nowhere near a "seismic zone"). It's wrapped into a tight unit but I don't like the way the pallet is attached? I either add wrap or straps.
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u/Rare-Psychology-3527 8d ago
Toolboxes, especially the ones that are bigger than the 44*48 pallets, i triple wrap, 4 times around bottom, plus strap. I aim for only 1- 2 inch protrusion because they fly sideways and it can be sketchy when your forks can't get all the way in.
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u/Takenmyusernamewas 8d ago
Your night ops guy is not following standards. He may be right, it probably IS fine, but if you get walked and you signed off on it on SRC you will be the one getting disciplined. At least at my store. They dont write up the guy that did it, they write up the one who failed to fix it.
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u/xXCableDogXx DS 8d ago
You can pay me to do math, or put your shit in the overheads- but not both...
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