Safety Barriers In Preventing a Forklift Accident

Safety barriers within the workplace can be useful in reducing the likelihood of a workplace accident. Safety barriers are structures that are designed to prevent entry into a potentially dangerous area, or exclusive zones that are potentially high-risk. The purpose of safety barriers is to alleviate risks and create a safer work environment for workers.

Forklifts, which are also known as industrial lift trucks are used to lift, stack and transfer loads in many workplaces across various types of industries. However, every year they continue to cause workplace deaths and injuries resulting in substantial financial and human costs for workers, industry and the community.

Safety barriers are identified as a physical means, combined with a traffic management plan to prevent, control, or mitigate undesired events or forklift accidents. A traffic management system could range from a single technical unit or more, coupled with planning and human actions. If a barrier function is to be performed successfully, it should achieve a desired and significant effect on the occurrence and or consequences of an undesired event or accident.

Forklift Protection Barriers and Workplace Safety

MHA Products offer a large selection of safety barriers to help minimise the potential of a work incident from occurring. The 3 Metre Expanding Barriers are made from steel, aluminium and high-tech plastics and designed to protect expensive warehousing equipment from being damaged by forklifts during a workplace accident.

MHA’s Large Fixed Safety Bollards are also especially designed to protect expensive equipment and racking from possible forklift damage or roller doors from truck damage. These bollards are galvanised first then powder coated for extra protection against rust. This feature is beneficial as it means these safety bollards are durable and built to last the test of time.

We also offer Safety Barrier Guard Rail Fencing that are also made to protect equipment in warehouses from forklift or vehicle damage of any kind.

Further to our vast range of barriers and safety equipment, MHA offer Pallet Racking Frame End Protectors that are put in place to prevent damage to racking by forklifts. No matter how good your forklift drivers are, there will always be some time when a forklift accident can happen and they crash into the pallet racking, however you can avoid major injuries and pallet rack damage by installing these protection guards.