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Steel Crash Barriers
Unbreakable protection for your workplace.
In warehouses, factories and other industrial spaces, it’s important to consider the health and safety risk associated with moving vehicles. Around 25% of workplace transport injuries in the UK are from unsafe forklift incidents (British Safety Council). Some of these incidents could be prevented with the use of barrier protection such as steel crash barriers.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What are Steel Crash Barriers?
Steel crash barriers are also referred to as guardrails. They are steel structures that are bolted to the ground and designed to improve industrial and warehouse safety surrounding vehicle transportation.
As standard, steel crash barriers are made from galvanised, heavy-duty steel. This provides them with the ability to absorb impact from forklifts or vans, mitigating the risk of collision, vehicle rollover or other workplace incidents.
Types of Steel Crash Barriers
Steel crash barriers come in many different shapes and sizes. We’ll discuss the needs bespoke to your workplace in order to deliver the best system. Some of our popular options include:
Guardrails
Guardrails are steel barriers used as a guide to protect vehicles and people by preventing them from entering hazardous areas. In industrial workplaces, for example, they are often installed around dangerous machinery.
Guardrails are typically installed in a bright yellow colour to demarc the machine is there, mitigating the risk of vehicles driving into it and causing further damages.
Steel Bollards
Galvanised bollards are steel vertical posts installed within high security workplace. Commonly, they’re used to restrict parking access for security reasons, as well as create a clear fire exit.
In warehouses, they can help to optimise operations by reducing obstructions to daily work.
Technical Information:
- Standard duty rail: 160mm deep galvanised rail, 4.0m long
- Support posts: 100 x 50 x 3mm as standard
- Base plate: 250 x 50 x 10mm
- Customisable finishes available
Benefits of Steel Crash Barriers
Most industrial buildings such as warehouses, storage units and manufacturing buildings rely on transportation. Whether it’s deliveries, forklifts or vans, this creates a potential for workplace accidents that need to be addressed.
Steel crash barriers are an ideal solution to combat this, offering many benefits such as:
Health and Safety Compliance
In some cases, steel crash barriers are needed as a health and safety requirement.
Once installed, they will ensure your building meets the legal standards to reduce the risk of serious accidents and protect your workforce.
Employee Value
By ensuring you have safety measures in place, you also show the value you place in your employees.
This can have a positive impact on your work environment, with staff feeling happy, safe and productive – it can even improve work quality!
Durability
Crash barriers are made from steel. This provides them with a durable structure that can withstand impact.
Should a vehicle or machinery hit your protection barrier, it’s therefore more likely to maintain shape than alternative materials.
Design
Depending on your design requirements, we can install a variety of steel crash barriers in different sizes, shapes and finishes. We’ll discuss your options with you during an initial consultation.
Need Some Help?
Should you have any questions at any stage of your installation, our team of experts are always at the end of the phone.
Nationwide Steel Crash Barriers
Ensure your workplace is safe and compliant. To discuss the safety measures you should have in place in your industrial workplace, please don’t hesitate to contact our team. We can discuss the best options unique to your space and consider any budget or design requirements on the way.
Why Steel Partitioning UK?
- Instant project quotes
- Competitively priced solutions
- End-to-end services for better project quality and control
- Rapid lead times & same day responses
- High quality materials, made in the UK
- Fit out experts since 1993
