Industrial lift truck accidents are a common and costly occurrence

Guard Rail is a prefabricated, modular rail system. Prior to its introduction, many companies custom-fabricated guard rails.

OSHA estimates that there are 68,400 accidents, each year, involving powered industrial trucks. Approximately 90,000 workers suffer some type of injuries in these accidents, resulting in lost work time, workers' compensation claims, and productivity losses--not to mention the damage inflicted upon equipment and facilities. About 100 people lose their lives each year in these accidents.

Guard Rails can help you protect conveyors, racks, work areas, in-plant offices, and more.

HEAVY DUTY GUARD RAIL SYSTEMS

This industrial quality Crash Guard installs in minutes with ordinary hand tools and concrete drill.  Safety guard rail systems protect personnel, machinery, building structures, in-plant offices, aisle ways, electrical panels, tool cribs, conveyors, finished products, receiving docks, cooling equipment, and parking areas.

 

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL GUARDING PROGRAM

ENERGY SOURCES, MACHINERY,

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

STANDARD

To have an industrial guarding program that includes workplace hazard assessments, visible compliance with current legislation and relevant training for everyone involved.

INTRODUCTION

A guarding program should be developed and implemented to ensure that workers have no access to energy sources, moving parts, pinch points, in-running nip hazards, materials, waste stock or other hazards that might endanger the worker while machinery is in motion or capable of being set in motion.

All guarding should comply with:

• Regulation 851 Industrial Establishments, specifically Sections 7, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,

29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35…to Section 44.2

Furthermore, the program should assign responsibility, grant authority and include accountability to ensure that:

• All hazards associated with moving parts, energy sources or materials in, on or around machinery and equipment are identified and assessed;

• Temporary measures and safeguards adequate to protect workers are adopted until permanent solutions are implemented;

• Existing machines and equipment are retrofitted in compliance with this standard;

• New machines and equipment are designed, constructed and installed or modified in accordance with current legislation;

• Appropriate personnel receive adequate training, depending on the nature of their duties, to identify hazardous situations involving moving machinery and materials, to design and construct, install and maintain guards or other protective devices in accordance with this standard.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The standards discussed in this module arise from the need to protect workers exposed to the possibility of contact with energy sources, moving machinery, equipment or materials. In the past, machinery and equipment were often designed, constructed and installed with little thought to the protection of workers. Over time, manufacturers began to incorporate safety features into the design and construction of their products. Employers demanded safer equipment because of an increased awareness of equipment hazards. Workers’ compensation systems pushed for lower incident rates to reduce costs and occupational health & safety legislation was passed to satisfy the public demand for safer workplaces. All sorts of machinery and equipment with different design features are found today in industry. Some are built in-house, while others might be older equipment manufactured with little or no safety features.

There are also modern, state-of-the-art computerized and automated machines and equipment with comprehensive safety features. This is significant because of the inconsistency with which machines are presently safeguarded.

 

Only Indoff Guardrails offer you these advantages:

• Safeguard your workplace from injuries and accidents caused by moving vehicles.
• Designed to absorb the impact of a forklift, sweeper, other in-plant vehicles.
• Available in single or double rail heights that can be customized to fit any application.
• Attractive, highly visible safety yellow finish.
• Heavy duty construction for superior strength and long term reliability.
• Modular construction with standard components that are easily adaptable to most applications.
• Easy to install - shipped with all necessary components and hardware. Easy to expand or relocate.

Machine Guarding is the process of protecting an operator from getting injured and protecting the machine from being interfered with by an outside source. This usually involves safety products being used in a regulated fashion by OSHA and other regulatory groups. Please allow Indoff's experienced and trained staff help fit your machine with the right products to protect your employees and your machines.

Safety rail, guardrail, safety barriers or protective railing are the names we know for the steel rails installed in critical operating areas to shield people, property and the plant safety record from unexpected accidents involving swiftly moving forklifts and other material handling equipment. A properly installed and anchored guard rail system, engineered and manufactured to the highest industry standards, will protect your operating facilities, buildings and personnel from a loaded forklift weighing 5 tons moving at 4 mph.

Guard Rail Systems are completely prefabricated for
bolt together assembly. No field fabrication is required.
Columns and rails are universal to allow changes in direction
and length of runs without changing existing components.
All assembly hardware is included. Tall and short rail
systems can be interchangeable.

Features and Benefits

• Ideal for preventing damage to expensive machinery, equipment, office walls, electrical boxes, water mains, mezzanines and most importantly personnel from forklifts and other mobile equipment.
• Easy installation with nuts welded at every bolt hole and hardware and floor anchors included.
• Smooth plastic plugs are provided to fill unused holes in columns.
• Painted safety yellow for high visibility.
• Designed, tested and rated to withstand 10,000 lbs at 4 M.P.H.
• Simple layout with universal column design.
• Most items in stock for fast delivery.
• Columns are steel square tube mounted on 10" x 10" base plates.
• Rails are formed from high-tensile 10 gauge steel for impact strength.