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Gate Safe commemorates 10 years of campaigning
Ten years ago, the charity Gate Safe was formed. As the charity commemorates its 10th anniversary, a recent survey of Gate Safe installers, indicates that business appears to be booming, (73% of respondents reported an
Gate safety – 10 years on tragic victims remembered
July 2020: Ten years since the deaths of Semelia Campbell and Karolina Golabek (28.06.2010 and 03.07.2010 respectively), the tragic accidents which proved the catalyst for Gate Safe’s inception, founder Richard Jackson claims that while awareness
Gate Safe distance learning proving popular
Gate Safe reports a strong response to its Gate Safe Aware Distance Learning module, launched in April, following the need to cancel all face-to-face training in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Enquiries are on a
Installer fined following school falling gate incident
March 2020: The company responsible for the installation of a manual sliding gate at a primary school, which fell on a nine-year old girl, has been handed a £18,000 fine and ordered to pay court
Ensuring powered doors and gates are safe
Powered door and gate safety is not just about the individual components making up the product, but about the way they are combined together to fit a particular set of circumstances, and what is done
Gate Safe celebrates 150th training event
Gate Safe, the pioneering charity that was the first to raise awareness of the need for improved standards in the safety of automated gates, marked another important milestone recently, as it celebrated its 150th training
Company fined £25,000 following roller shutter door death
An electrical company which failed to check the operation of safety sensors on a roller shutter door resulting in the death of a 40-year old woman in 2016 has been fined £25,000 and ordered to
Council faces trial following automated gate accident
Following the death of a 53-year old council employee who was crushed by an automated gate in a machinery yard owned by Limerick City and County Council in April 2015, the Health and Safety Authority