Gate Safety

In 2006, the first in a number of high profile incidents associated with automated gates occurred, resulting in the death of a child. In 2010, two children were killed in the same week in separate automated gate related incidents, and since then there has been a huge change within the industry, and gate safety has been pushed to the forefront of everything we design and install. In 2014, two companies associated with one of the 2010 incidents were convicted of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act. The prosecuted companies were not the original installers, but the firms who had been involved with the repair and maintenance of the gates.

We, as a responsible company, will not work on gates that we deem to be unsafe. If we attend your property and discover that your automated gates are not compliant with current safety standards, we will make recommendations and provide a quotation for a safety upgrade – We will be unable to work on the system until safety upgrades have been completed.

The understanding of legislation is constantly evolving, and as new risks are identified and previously unrealised issues are highlighted, we as an industry have a duty of care to pass on any new information to our customers. The safety standards in place don’t just relate to new installations, but to existing systems that may have been in place for a number of years. As maintenance technicians, we ensure that we carry out regular safety checks which include impact tests to a much higher degree of accuracy than would have been completed in the past.