Ten Ways to Spot a Defective Pallet
- Any corner leg broken such that the leg cannot rest on a level surface.
- Any corner leg that is missing.
- Any center leg that is broken or missing such that the legs cannot rest on a level surface.
- Any two support legs that are broken such that the legs cannot rest on a level surface.
- Any two support legs that are missing.
- If 25% or more of the pallet deck is deformed such that the deformation is greater than ½ inch below the normal surface of the pallet.
- Any crack 10 inches or longer which extends through the center of the pallet (structural foam plastic, and twin-sheet thermoform units only).
- Any crack six inches or longer which extends through the center of the pallet (press wood units only).
- A hole in the pallet deck greater than the surface area of the opening in the pallet deck for a leg.
- Pallet deck deformation that includes cracks and holes along the pallet edges of three inches or more into a leg assembly or pallet surface.
Source: United States Postal Service