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Gate campaign

by msecadm4921

Safety campaigners, after the deaths of two children in separate automated gate accidents in 2010, hosted a summit in London on February 8. Their aim is educate automated gate installers. Other near miss accidents have involved children, say Gate Safe.

 

Attenders included architects, health & safety managers, surveyors, installers and various trade and safety bodies, such as RoSPA, and MP Damian Collins. Gate Safe is working on a new training programme with IOSH, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (www.iosh.co.uk). Presentations were heard from the Health and Safety Executive, IOSH, the Door and Hardware Federation, and legal firm Thomson, Snell & Passmore. Richard Jackson, CEO of fence manufacturer Jacksons Fencing and founder of Gate Safe says: “Our first meeting in 2010 was a debating forum designed to identify the way forward to improve standards in gate automation.  The 2012 summit is very much about spreading the word to professionals involved in the gate automation sector to educate them on how to ensure a SAFE automated gate – both in relation to new installations and the many dangerous gates currently in the field which were installed prior to the existing regulations.” The aim is a charter of Gate Safe accredited installers who will only be allowed to operate using the Gate Safe logo if they have completed training. Visit www.gate-safe.co.uk.

The Gate Safe Summit 2012 was held at The RIBA, London W1 and invited a cross section of professionals involved in the gate installation process.  Gate Safe has advocated that there is a requirement to ensure a 360 degree awareness and education programme which targets the specifier, manufacturer, constructor and installer, involved in the installation of an automated gate, if progress is to be made. 

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