Health and Safety Executive – Safety Notice: FOD 7-2010 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/electricgates2.htm) Reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence. What you need to know and do These are the things you need to do if you install or modify electrically powered gates in areas that people have access to. They might also apply to you if you maintain gates. You need the right test equipment to measure closing/opening forces. If you do not have this equipment, you can’t be sure that the gates meet safety standards, then do not install them. When they are opening and closing, the force of the...
IN2 Access & RIB Collaboration IN2 Access & Control Limited is proud to announce its collaboration with RIB Automatic Entry Systems. With the addition of RIB Automatic Entry Systems products to our portfolio, along side the quality products of Bircher Reglomat and Witt Sensoric, we can offer our customer a better integration between drive, control and safety for the pedestrian & industrial door, industrial gate, barriers, bollard markets in the UK and Ireland. Since 1971 RIB has been dedicated to the design and production of long lasting automatic entry systems suitable for intensive use. RIB has been developing its technology...
Health and Safety Executive – Safety Notice: OPSTD 1-2011 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/poweredgates.htm) Reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence. Introduction: The purpose of this General Safety Notice is to advise Landlords, Commercial owners or facilities managers of properties with Powered Perimeter Gates, what they must do to ensure the safety of people in the vicinity of such gates. The advice below summarises the action you need to take so that the public, your staff, and other workers are not put at risk by the gate’s design, construction, operation or lack of maintenance. Background: During the summer of 2010 two children...
Health and Safety Executive – Safety Notice: FOD WSW 1-2010 (http://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/electricgates.htm) Reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence. Introduction: The purpose of this Safety Notice is to alert organisations or individuals involved in the design, construction, installation and/or commissioning of electrically-powered gates to potential safety risks to pedestrians. It is also of relevance to organisations in control of the use and/or maintenance of existing electrically-powered gates. It will be of particular interest to gate manufacturers, gate installers, those involved in the commissioning of electrically-powered gates, organisations involved in construction projects including the installation of gates, and persons or...