{"id":"702070fe-20bb-4611-ab98-67fa985ee523","task":"Explain how to decide between repairing and replacing damaged rack components, and who is qualified to engineer that repair.","domain":"mhi.org","steps":["Reference RMI's published guidance document, 'Guidelines for the Assessment and Repair or Replacement of Damaged Rack,' as the primary industry reference","Confirm the core rule: damaged rack must be unloaded and isolated immediately upon discovery, and evaluated by a qualified rack engineer before any repair or reload decision","Define 'qualified': per RMI guidance, a rack design professional holding a relevant engineering degree, professional license/certification, or demonstrated equivalent field expertise in rack systems — not general maintenance staff","Explain the repair-vs-replace logic: RMI guidance generally favors replacement (especially with OEM parts) when the manufacturer/model can be identified and damage is structural; repair (OEM parts, engineered repair kits, or engineered field repairs) may be acceptable for limited, well-defined damage when overseen by a qualified engineer","Note that plant maintenance personnel bolting, welding, or straightening damaged components on their own, without engineering evaluation, is explicitly called out as unsafe practice in RMI guidance","Confirm any accepted repair must be documented and, where it changes capacity or configuration, reflected in updated LARC drawings and load plaques"],"gotchas":["Field welding or straightening of damaged steel members by uncertified maintenance staff is a commonly cited unsafe practice — cold-formed steel that has yielded generally cannot simply be bent back and treated as structurally sound","'Repair' is only appropriate for a subset of damage types/severities per RMI guidance — don't present it as always equally valid to replacement without engineering judgment","The RMI guidance document is periodically revised (has gone through multiple versions) — check that the specific requirement being cited comes from the current version, not an older one"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T02:30:25.966Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/702070fe-20bb-4611-ab98-67fa985ee523"}