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General Materials Handling S fe <br />General material storage safety: <br />• Make sure that all materials stored in tiers are stacked, racked, blocked, <br />interlocked, or otherwise secured to prevent sliding, falling, or collapse. <br />• Post conspicuously the maximum safe load limits of floors within buildings <br />and structures, in pounds per square foot, in all storage areas, except for <br />floor or slab on grade. Do not exceed the maximum safe loads. <br />• Keep aisles and passageways clear to provide for the free and safe <br />movement of material handling equipment or employees. Keep these areas <br />in good repair. <br />• Do not store materials on scaffolds or runways in excess of supplies needed <br />for immediate operations. <br />• Use ramps, blocking, or grading when a difference in road or working levels <br />exists to ensure the safe movement of vehicles between the two levels. <br />• Do not place materials stored inside buildings under construction within 6 <br />feet of any hoistway or inside floor openings, or within 10 feet of an exterior <br />wall which does not extend above the top of the material stored. <br />(i) Anchor and brace temporary floors used in steel erection, concrete <br />forms, and shoring and other "in -process equipment" that are to be left <br />overnight or for longer periods of time to prevent their displacement <br />in any direction. While in "interim storage," this equipment is subject <br />to the provisions in WAC 296-155-325(2)(i) (see previous bullet <br />point: Do not place materials stored inside buildings under <br />construction within 6 feet of any hoistway or inside floor openings, or <br />