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Bowls and Racquets Clubs : Powered Perimeter Gates

HSE issued a General Safety Notice in 2010 regarding Powered Perimeter Gates.

 

We have reproduced the Notice to all our members to ensure this type of  tragic accident does not happen again.

The purpose of the '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 died after becoming trapped in powered gates. They were trapped because:

  • Their presence at the closing edge was not detected; and
  • The closing force of the gate when they obstructed it was too high.
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