In this post, we cover the different safety features you can find on an electric gate and their purpose. What safety devices might you find on electric gates? Electric gates can enhance the security of a property and also add potential value to a home. However electric gates are machines and as such, should be… Continue reading Safety Features on Electric Gates
Category: Gate Safe Blog
Positive Shift In Awareness
At a time when there is so much negative reporting, Gate Safe is kicking off 2023 with some good news … After over 13 years of delivering training to installers, Gate Safe is beginning to receive reports which provide clear evidence that the industry is starting to effectively self-police and take a strong stand against… Continue reading Positive Shift In Awareness
Safe Automated Gates Sewn Up with Golden Thread
For Gate Safe, the safety of automated gates is always firmly rooted in an understanding of the specific factors influencing each individual installation – and ensuring ongoing and updated access to this information. In fact, not dissimilar to the golden thread concept that has hit the headlines in recent months, in relation to building safety…… Continue reading Safe Automated Gates Sewn Up with Golden Thread
Automated gate safety is the responsibility of the entire supply chain
Knowledge and understanding of the protocol required to deliver a safe gate or barrier has been heightened by access to specialist training such as the IOSH approved course provided by Gate Safe. Gate installers now have a much stronger appreciation of the potential dangers associated with these installations – and indeed their legal as well… Continue reading Automated gate safety is the responsibility of the entire supply chain
School Gates: Children Remain At Risk…
When Gate Safe was first started back in 2010, one of the earliest initiatives undertaken by the charity was to write to various authorities to advise them of the likelihood of unsafe gates within schools, based on Gate Safe’s survey findings. Sadly, at that time the warning issued by Gate Safe fell on deaf ears… Continue reading School Gates: Children Remain At Risk…
Not All Gate Safety Training Is Equal
Not all training is equal. Sometimes, while the training content may be appropriate, the method of delivery diminishes its value. Equally, the trainer may do a sterling job in engaging with delegates but if his or her level of knowledge is limited and the actual guidance delivered is too basic or fundamentally flawed, the training… Continue reading Not All Gate Safety Training Is Equal
Gate Accidents – The needless loss of life continues
It’s approaching 12 years since Gate Safe was started to raise awareness of the dangers associated with manual and automated gates and the necessary protocols required to deliver a safe and compliant installation. In that time much has changed. There are now over 2,500 competent and trained installers on the Gate Safe register. The Gate… Continue reading Gate Accidents – The needless loss of life continues
Manual Gate Safety
Manual gate risk assessment Why is this even needed? Isn’t it just automated gates that represent a risk to public safety? The answer is quite simply no, just take a look at the headlines below: Surrey firm fined £19,327 when manual sliding gate became disengaged from its rollers and crushed eight-year-old girl causing multiple fractures… Continue reading Manual Gate Safety
Maintenance matters
Keeping up with maintenance is an important factor influencing gate and barrier safety – as it provides an opportunity to check that all the safety features are working correctly and whether any adaptations to the system have been made, which might compromise its safety. Just as you need to monitor how a car is running… Continue reading Maintenance matters
Truck driver crushed by falling gate
A 59-year-old truck driver has died after being crushed by a falling gate at a Dandenong South depot – in Australia. The lesson that should be learnt from this and many other similar automated gate accidents and fatalities is that any gate – whether swing or sliding – should always be constructed in such a… Continue reading Truck driver crushed by falling gate
